With a little luck and your support, more groundbreakings will be held near a cul-de-sac on Ava Hope Trail in Sister Bay. Last week, the Door County Housing Partnership, Door County Habitat for Humanity, United Way of Door County, and others celebrated the groundbreaking for a new home to be built for the family of Ali Hernandez and Rimvydas Balciunas. It marked the first of potentially ten new homes slated for the subdivision thanks to an arrangement with the Village of Sister Bay and the Door County Housing Partnership. The organization used a $100,000 grant from the United Way of Door County to purchase the lots from the village, a fraction of what the parcels could have gone for on the open market. Using the Community Land Trust model, the Door County Housing Partnership ensures that the home and its land remain affordable for the foreseeable future. The Door County Housing Partnership is now raising funds to ensure Hernandez and Balciunas have neighbors shortly. Mariah Goode from the Door County Housing Partnership says the organization appreciates that the village saw the need and threw its support behind their efforts.

You can support the efforts by donating to the Door County Housing Partnership or contacting Door County Habitat for Humanity to help with the current home build.