NASHVILLE, Tenn – Mayor John Cooper will join Habitat For Humanity of Greater Nashville volunteers at the newly planned Sherwood Commons community in North Nashville this Sunday, May 15. Along with six future homeowners, the mayor will assist volunteers who are painting, landscaping, and providing other finishing touches on new homes.
Part of Mayor Cooper’s Agenda for Nashville’s Neighborhoods and Families focuses on doing more to create and preserve affordable housing which includes additional funding, a portion of which comes from the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress. Last year, Habitat For Humanity of Greater Nashville received $3 million from the Barnes Fund, one of Nashville’s tools to fund affordable housing projects
The six future homeowners include Sallie Woodward, a Nashville native and the first member of her family to become a homeowner; Ndemeye Esaie, a Burundian refugee who last lived in Tanzania and arrived in the U.S. in 2007, and who currently works for GEODIS; and Shatika White, a Nashville native and mother to her 7-year-old daughter.
The Sherwood Commons will offer 23 two-bedroom and three, three-bedroom townhomes to future homeowners.
