Door County Habitat for Humanity celebrates 30th anniversary with open house of 49th new home build

Kevin Dittman, Green Bay Press-Gazette
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Door County Habitat for Humanity is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the construction of its 49th new home build with an open house on Wednesday.

Construction on the house, located at 864 Cherry Court in Sturgeon Bay, began on May 18 and is expected to be complete in November.

The open house will run from 2 to 5 p.m. and show off the home that is 1,200 square feet, with three bedrooms, two baths and a two-car attached garage.

Abby Newman, second from left, poses in front of a new Habitat for Humanity home that is being built for her in Sturgeon Bay. Also pictured, from left, are Jimmy Kaplan, Jacinda Duffin and Laurie Flanagan, with Paul Zeller and David Diller in background installing siding.
Abby Newman, second from left, poses in front of a new Habitat for Humanity home that is being built for her in Sturgeon Bay. Also pictured, from left, are Jimmy Kaplan, Jacinda Duffin and Laurie Flanagan, with Paul Zeller and David Diller in background installing siding.

It will belong to Abigail Newman. “Habitat has allowed the purchase of a home that would have otherwise been unavailable to me and my son," she said in a press release. "Having a solid, stable place to call home is incredibly healing.”

The latest Habitat House is being built in conjunction with Door County Housing Partnership (DCHP) and will remain an affordable house forever. Volunteers work every Tuesday and Thursday with a dozen or more volunteers each work day. The 35 different volunteers will donate approximately 50 work days and 3,100 volunteer-hours to complete this home.

This continues Habitat’s 30-year history in Door County, where volunteers have invested almost 130,000 hours. Habitat homes are in Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Sister Bay, Liberty Grove, Ellison Bay, Washington Island and Algoma.

The 49 new homes and 120 home repairs have impacted 496 people, including 176 children.

Habitat-built homes have generated over $113,640 in 2022 property tax dollars in Door County. Those same households added a total of $1.39 million in property tax base since 1993.

Since 2010, over 2.1 million pounds of reusable materials have been diverted from landfills through merchandise sales and recycling by the Habitat ReStore.

Besides touring the home during the open house, visitors can meet the Habitat team, key volunteers and community leaders; learn more about all of Habitat's services; meet a future Habitat homeowner; discuss the affordable housing challenges of Door County with community leaders.

More information about Door Habitat can be found online at DoorHabitat.org.

Contact Kevin Dittman at 920-431-8416 or kdittman@gannett.com.

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This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Door County Habitat for Humanity celebrates 30 years with open house