GIFFORD Volunteers from Paxton and Loda churches have completed two weeks of volunteering on a blitz build of three houses under the auspices of Champaign County Habitat for Humanity.

The Paxton Area Ministerial Association raised nearly $50,000 and provided volunteers for the home for Christy and Benjamin Calhoun being built on Gifford's east side.

Though that home and the one next door for Randy and Tracy Westmoreland, where volunteers from American Baptist Home Mission Societies and the Great Rivers Region of American Baptist Churches USA are working, aren't complete, much was accomplished.

Ron Dudley, a member of the Loda United Methodist Church and Loda's mayor, spent all two weeks on site. He's never built a house before, but said he learned a lot of construction techniques. He worked part of the time with fellow church member Jay Ross, an experienced carpenter who has traveled even to Europe to volunteer his services.

Dudley had worked in the fall in Gifford on post-tornado clean-up and earlier this spring he and Ross completed demolition of a house there. Dudley said he'd be happy to volunteer at a Habitat site again.

Chuck Werner, 74, a member of the Paxton Church of Christ, knows his way around a construction site, having made his living earlier in life as a contractor. He noted the construction business has changed a lot since then. Another first-time Habitat volunteer he said he learned new things and was pleased with the willingness of the volunteers to pitch in, and of the Habitat construction staff to lead.

Werner's wife, Mary, delivered meals in town one day and worked three days on the building site. She said she noticed that lots of older people were working and figured she could as well. She learned and participated in siding the house, cleaned up the drywall mess before interior painting could start and even sorted nails.

She likes the premise of Habitat in which the new owners put their own sweat equity in their home.

Norris Skonberg is another member of the Church of Christ. He spent six days at the site. His wife, Susan, helped deliver meals along with other church members.

It is Tom Anders, pastor of the church, who initiated the effort and moved the process along. Norris Skonberg, retired from the plumbing business, spent his time working on siding, soffits and framing.

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TOWN OF GRANT, Wis. Seventeen months after an explosion destroyed a Dunn County church, a new building is scheduled to be rededicated with a service next week.

The old St. John's Popple Creek Lutheran Church was one year shy of its 100th birthday. With the new building nearly complete, members said they hope it will take them into the next century.

In Jan. 2013, an explosion from an L-P leak burned the church into a pile of charred rubble.

Oh, it was shock. We had a lot of memories in that church, but it's just a building. We still have our faith, that's the main thing, church president Bruce Winget said.

The general consensus was that if possible, we were gonna rebuild and thanks to the Lord I guess, for having good insurance and we were able to keep the congregation together and rebuild, he said.

Kristi Welle, who lives nearby, said although she's not a member, the church is an important part of the rural community.

It reminds us of what's important, the important things of family, community and faith, Welle said.

Winget, who was baptized and confirmed in the old building, said members found a temporary place of worship at a nearby church while a new church was being built.

It's important we keep it going and we're so pleased we're able to do that, Winget said.

After a year of construction, the new building opened in Jan., but was getting its finishing touches Monday. Windows from Eau Claires Epiphany Lutheran School were installed and Winget said all the costs were covered by the church's insurance, allowing for necessary upgrades.

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PRG Real Estate, a leading multifamily real estate investment and management firm in conjunction with Richmond-based WVS Companies, announced today that they will be completing construction of South16, a contemporary apartment building in Roanoke, Virginia, located in the epicenter of the city's 110-acre riverfront redevelopment project.

South16 will be a 157-unit mid-rise apartment community with one, two and three bedroom units, along with a historic horse stable converted into modern restaurant and Starbucks. The property is situated on 22 acres with stunning views of the scenic Roanoke River and Blue Ridge Mountains. South16 is adjacent to the area's largest employers, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, and the 1,187 bed Carilion Clinic. South16 will offer area professionals luxurious waterfront living and easy access to work, all within the city's expanding cosmopolitan center.

The September 2013 initial development on the riverfront marked a new chapter in PRG's history, and the ribbon cutting's target date in late September will mark another. South 16 will mark PRG's first advance into ground up construction as well as the successive management of a new community's branding and lease-up effort. To that end, PRG Principal Steven Berger could hardly contain his exuberance, "For 30 years we've been bringing improvements and a higher standard of living than what was previously made available to our residents. Being able to approach a project from the ground up opens an entire new world of opportunity in terms of delivering the best service and creating the most value for our residents. To say we're very excited about it would be an understatement."

The standard of design, construction and management of South16 reflects PRG's focus to deliver the best product at a fair price with the highest possible value to both residents and investors alike.

About PRG Real Estate: Founded in 1985 by Steven Berger and Jon Goodman, PRG Real Estate is a Philadelphia based real estate firm that acquires and manages quality apartment communities throughout the eastern half of the United States. Since its founding PRG has acquired well over 50 communities and 13,000 apartment units. PRG also has been designated as an Accredited Management Organization by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and also holds membership in the National Apartment Association (NAA) as well as the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).

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BUFFALO, N.Y. Maggie Sperrazza wakes up every morning to the hum and growl of construction outside her Buffalo apartment building, but it doesnt bother her a bit.

Its about time! the 86-year-old said as she zipped on a scooter near the foot of Main Street, where construction cranes loom over hard-hat zones. Weve been in the hole long enough.

From her vantage point, Sperrazza has been witness to a building boom unseen in Buffalo in more than 50 years, with more than $4.4 billion in public and private development announced since 2012.

Mayor Byron Brown and other city leaders say theyve shifted away from elusive silver bullet fixes for a stagnant economy toward more doable projects that together create momentum.

Much of the development is concentrated in the citys 120-acre hospital and research corridor, which is expected to add nearly 5,000 employees over the next four years.

A site that once housed Republic Steel will be transformed into a clean energy manufacturing complex anchored by Elon Musks SolarCity, which this past week announced plans for one of the worlds largest solar panel production plants with as many as 1,000 employees within two years.

Instead of the home run, why dont we get a couple singles? You get two singles, you have somebody in scoring position, and thats the whole attitude, said Robert Gioia, chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., which has been coordinating waterfront improvements.

After decades of losses that have cut the population to 259,000, Brown predicts the 2020 census will show the first population gains for the city since the 1950s, helped by an influx of immigrants and refugees.

That, along with a $1 billion pledge by Gov. Andrew Cuomo intended to leverage additional investment, has brought new optimism complete with its own buzzword, Buffalove.

Buffalos challenges remain: Its 30 percent poverty rate places it among the nations poorest cities, and its school system graduates just 54 percent of its students. Abandoned homes and storefronts blight poor neighborhoods, while the citys tallest building, the 38-story One Seneca Tower, stands 94 percent vacant downtown after the pullout of two of its largest tenants last year.

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