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Look for our coupon books, magazines and special sections To advertise in these sections please call 360-426-4412 Habitat gets $2oo,ooo grant for Shelton property By NATALIE JOHNSON Habitat for Humanity of Mason County is getting set to start work on their first multi-unit housing project, Schilling Park, on West Franklin Street in Shelton, thanks to a $200,000 grant from Mason County. Habitat plans to build up to four duplexes, which would include eight two- or three-bedroom units. Habitat staff said that without such a grant, they would not be able to get such a large and expensive project off the ground. "To be able to do the in- frastructure inside the city is extremely expensive," said Kelly Zoldak, Habi- tat for Humanity Mason , County president. "Most of our builds have been in the county because we don't have to do the same type of infrastructure." 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By starting early we can be sure to maximize your insurance benefits and get,your dental needs met on a timeline that works for you. Happy 2011 from Dr. Bowers & Staff! Steven H. Bowers, DDS., P.S. Cosmetic & Family Dentistry 426-1664 717 W. Railroad • Shelton Page B-8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 are very expensive, espe- cially for a non-profit like Habitat. "In order to be able to do something in the city we would have to have grant money to do it," she said. "It would take way too much time for us to try to raise $200,000." The grant comes from the county's 2060 funds, collected through $10 docu- ment charges at the county auditor's office. It specifi- cally is set aside to help decrease homelessness in Mason County by helping fund multi-family housing projects like this one. This is Habitat of Mason County's first multi-family project, but it isn't a first for Habitat for Humanity, said Tammey Newton, Habitat for Humanity Mason Coun- ty executive director. "We applied for our first multi-family unit - there are other habitats who do multi-families, in the bigger cities they do it more," New- ton said. That $200,000 is a lot of money but is still only the tip of the iceberg for what Habitat needs to raise, to Newton said. "It's important to remem- ber that we don't incur debt when we build.., we're look- ing at raising an additional $480,000 to the $200,000 that we've already got," she said. "This is, I think, the largest fundraising project that we have ever taken on." That $680,000 only in- cludes the infrastructure and materials to build the house. All of the labor is do- nated. Habitat is also looking for more volunteers to help build this project and oth- ers. Habitat gets all their construction done through volunteers, and in this case, their architect is also work- ing pro-bono. Grant Foster, of Foster- Williams Architects in Shel- ton has donated his time to design the project, Zoldak said. "We're working with a lo- cal architect Grant Foster who is working with us and donating his time, so won- derfully," she said. "He's a fantastic architect, he's been an integral part of the process." Habitat plans to start building the units as soon as their infrastructure is done, which could be as ear- ly as the beginning of next year, construction manager Henry Biernacki said. "If we get the infrastruc- ture done this year, we can start putting through the planning, with Fo |ter-Wil-,, hams and go from there, he said. Habitat staff is hopeful that they can get the project done as soon as possible but are also concerned about raising all the funds they need to complete the proj- ect. "It all depends on fund- ing if we could get it all done by 2013 that would be fantastic, but we just don't know," Zoldak said. To donate to Schilling Park, apply for a home, vol- unteer or support Habitat, call 360-426-8134 in Shel- ton 360-205-3250 in Belfair, or visit the website at www. Habitatmasonwa.org. "We're looking for friends of Schilling Park right now who are ready, willing and able to give monthly do- nations," Newton said. "There's lots of ways to help. If you don't have cash you can volunteer, you can make lunches for the crew, there's just lots of ways to help."