Carter showed his commitment to housing all across the state
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - People in one Atlanta neighborhood the late President Jimmy Carter well.
“I think about him every time I write down my address,” said Ebony, who lives along the newly minted “Carter Way” in the Browns Mill housing community in southeast Atlanta.
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Cityscape Housing and Wells Fargo broke ground on the mixed-income community in 2021 and dedicated six new houses along Carter Way in October.
“Just being able to find affordable housing, safe housing. My children have the ability to play outside,” said Ebony, who moved in last month.
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While Carter did not help with the building of any of those houses, Habitat named the community in his honor to highlight his ongoing influence on the affordable housing landscape across the metro.
“He’s been such an incredible champion for our mission here at Atlanta Habitat, across the entire Habitat network. What an amazing humanitarian,” said Rosalyn Merrick, president and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity.
The Browns Mill community is expected to welcome 134 families by next year.
Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter helped build or repair 4,447 houses, according to Habitat for Humanity.
The agency said the couple worked with more than 108,000 volunteers in 14 countries.
In 2019, in one of the most memorable recent volunteer efforts, Carter showed up to a Nashville building site with a black eye after he said he fell the day before.
“I feel good. I broke my hip a few months ago and have been in rehab since then and yesterday, I fell down and hurt my forehead and got a black eye but I’m doing well,” Carter said at the time.
In 1988, as part of the Carter Work Project, the Carters helped build 21 homes in the Edgewood neighborhood of Atlanta.
“The spirit of everything he stood for, is so core to our mission and the work we continue today,” said Merrick.
Habitat said online that the planned ‘Work Project’ in 2025 in Austin is scheduled as planned, despite Carter’s ing.
Look for additional updates on the Carter Work Project page on habitat.org, according to the website.
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