Progress made on two homes at Beach Creek; info session May 13 for potential applicants for another project
By Julia Sommer for Ashland.news
Walls were raised for the first two Habitat for Humanity homes in Ashland in almost two decades Saturday at a joyous event attended by about 100 people at the new Beach Creek development off North Mountain Avenue just northeast of the railroad tracks.
Supervised by construction workers, the Cohen-Reyes and Martinez families helped raise their long-awaited walls, along with Rep. Pam Marsh, Habitat and city of Ashland employees and Ashland construction manager John Fields.
Ashland Presbyterian minister the Rev. Dan Fowler and Temple Emek Shalom Rabbi Julie Benioff blessed the event on behalf of the faith communities who have joined to support this project: Ashland’s First Presbyterian Church, Temple Emek Shalom, Trinity Episcopal Church, Grace Lutheran Church, First United Methodist Church, and the Center for Spiritual Living in Medford.
The two lots were donated by KDA Homes, builder of the Beach Creek subdivision. Like other dwellings in the subdivision, the Habitat homes will be fire-hardened, energy-efficient and built with solar panels.
There will be a special application orientation for another Habitat project in Ashland on Williamson Way. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, in Wesley Hall at First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St. For more information, contact Brandon Thoms, Habitat program and operations director, at bthoms@roguevalleyhabitat.org.
Email freelance writer Julia Sommer of Ashland at juliamsommer@gmail.com.
Related stories:
Habitat for Humanity Rogue Valley breaks ground on two Ashland lots (Jan. 12, 2024)
Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity on track to build at Ashland’s Beach Creek subdivision (Nov. 8, 2023)
