GREENE – A ground-breaking ceremony was held at the corner of Mill and Monelle Streets, Saturday morning, with the Chenango County Habitat for Humanity (CCHH) board members and project volunteers, dignitaries, church pastor and the partnering family, Larry and Christine Dunlap. Everyone gathered at the new home job site for a blessing and official construction commencement.
George Estee, former CCHH president and current Advisory Board Member, presided over the ceremony and introduced the honored guests. Representing the Greene government was Town Supervisor Jack T. Cook and Village Trustee Ronald Williamson. (Mayor Marsha E. Miller was unable to attend.) Patty Washburn and Kathy Langley - Volunteer Project Coordinators; Sam Gainfort - Building Committee Chairman, and Olin Miller - Site Selection Committee were there along with Marjory Clark - Corresponding Secretary; Carol Clum - Family Selection Committee; and Audrey & Harold Johnson, Promotion and Development Coordinators.
After a blessing by Curtis Whitman, the Pastor of the First Congregational Church, the United Church of Christ in Greene, Larry and Chris held a ceremonial shovel together and dug into the earth to celebrate the start of construction of a house that will be built to suit their individual needs. The ground-breaking was also symbolic of the fact that this couple is ready to “dig-in” and be actively involved in various aspects of the construction, fundraising, and related areas of this project, to get the job done. Habitat for Humanity offers “a hand up, not a handout,” and the Dunlaps are prepared to invest 350 hours of “sweat equity,” which serves as part of their investment. When the home is turned over to them, they will be responsible to pay a no-interest monthly mortgage payment suited to their income.
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