Affordable housing is a major issue here. Last year, the school district had some teachers back out of contracts because they could not afford to live here. |
Crowds have been stopping by to see what's going on. It's great because people have stopped to ask questions about why we're doing this. |
He's the type of guy that you wished was sitting at your Thanksgiving table every year because you know that he's going to just brighten everyone's day. He's a wonderful guy. |
It's a simple way for us to do a lot of fundraising without exerting a lot of energy and adding to administrative costs. |
Normally when we build, we build all the walls in our warehouse in North Fort Myers, drop the walls on-site to where the slab has been poured and volunteers raise walls on the slab. This is definitely something we've never done before but it's been a great experience. |
There's always inspections along the way. The idea is to get this done as soon as we can. |
We have former presidents of companies, CEOs and other responsible positions. They've worked very hard, and they like that we give a hand-up, not a hand-out, because our homeowners work hard to get homes and they have to buy them. |
We hope the relationship continues. They're excited. When a group gets excited and sees the results of their hard work, they are eager to continue the work. |
We're a team. Everyone takes open shots, everyone steps up and everyone works together. That's what makes us so good. |