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“50 Years of Building Dreams” - Commemorating Self-Help Housing Project successes in rural Alaska

Name
Larry Yerich
City
Soldotna
Release Date

Advisory No.: 06-11-15

Contacts:
Larry Yerich, Public Information Coordinator
(907) 271-2424, Ext. 125
lawrence.yerich@ak.usda.gov

Mi’shell French, Rural CAP Homeownership Program Supervisor
(907) 260-3451
mfrench@ruralcap.com


“50 Years of Building Dreams”

Commemorating Self-Help Housing Project successes in rural Alaska


What:
USDA-Rural Development (USDA-RD) and Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP) mark the 50th anniversary of USDA-RD’s Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, and the 50th Self-Help Home built in partnership on the Kenai Peninsula

Who: 
Jim Nordlund, Alaska State Director, USDA-RD and
Mitzi C. Barker, Director, Planning & Construction Division, RurAL CAP

Where: Self-Help Housing Job Site at 356 South Kobuk Street in Soldotna, AK 99669

Time: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 6 p.m.

Press Availability: From 6 – 8 p.m.