We have volunteered for Habitat for Humanity throughout the years and most recently to their Stag Horn Villas community in Orlando. This blog was still in incubation form when the local media reported on it, so we thought we would dedicate a blog to all the press it has received. We are so happy and proud to be involved with such a fantastic organization. The following is from PCT Magazine:
Falcon Termite & Pest Control and Habitat for Humanity Help Central Florida Families
ORLANDO, Fla. - Habitat for Humanity Orlando conducted the opening ceremony yesterday for its largest and most ambitious project since its inception: Staghorn Villas.
Staghorn Villas, located in Orlando, Fla., is an $8 million dollar, 3.9-acre town home community designed to provide housing for up to 58 local needy families. Construction began in October of 2008, and the first 6 homes are complete and ready to be inhabited. 6 of the first families were given the keys to their new homes at the ceremony.
Falcon Termite & Pest Control has provided preventative and curative treatments for over 100 of Habitat for Humanity’s construction projects, including Pre-treatments and Integrated Pest Management. The pest, lawn, and termite company will be using its own process; Pest Shield® which utilizes Nisus® Borate products to prevent termites and pest infestations to the Staghorn Villa complex. CEO. Louis Witherington said “This gift to the community is the best way for Falcon to celebrate its upcoming 40th year in Central Florida.
Read Digital PCT Magazine Story Here
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This video story covers some of the construction of the community:
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This story was written up in the Orlando Sentinel -
Peek Inside a Habitat Home
By Jean Patteson
November 21,2009
Angela Williams sat in a coral-colored accent chair in the living room of a model home at Staghorn Villas, a 58-unit townhouse community being developed by Habitat Orlando off Silver Star Road.
"This is a beautiful place to be," said Williams, 43, a worker at Vitas Hospice on Orlando.
Next spring, she and her two teenage daughters will move into a similar townhouse in the $8 million development. They have already picked out colors for the three upstairs bedrooms: lavender and light green for the girls' rooms, blue or dark beige for Williams. And she can't wait to furnish the living room, try out the kitchen and laundry appliances, and get to know the neighbors who have been attending homeowner-preparation classes with her.
Before she moves in, Williams must put in 300 hours of sweat equity helping to build other townhomes in the development. She is already halfway there, she said. Families in the project are selected based on housing need and their ability to meet the mortgage payments, which range from $500-$600 a month, said Jennifer Gallagher, volunteer manager.
A tour of the 1,150-square-foot model home reveals why Williams is so eager to move into her own Habitat for Humanity townhome.
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For more information on Habitat for Humanity and Stag Horn Villas, visit their website Here
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