Mike Newman

With the temperature hovering in the mid-20s, South Collin County Habitat for Humanity celebrated the construction of their 50th home in Plano’s Douglass Community on Saturday, January 9. Volunteers, city leaders, and members of the community heard from Habitat board members, including executive director Dick Taylor, who recounted the program’s success since beginning in Plano in 1998. Construction began with a little destruction as Habitat’s Kenny Nall joined Mayor Phil Dyer in a bulldozer to start razing the existing house on Ave. G.

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