Complete History of Projects
2024
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - 4230 Irving Avenue
Completion Date: In Progress
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
2023
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - Irving Avenue
Completion Date: January 2024
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Family Recovery Housing: 1810 Columbus (2023)
Completion Date: Fall 2023
Build Partner: Nor-Son Custom Builders
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovating the final apartment units in a building that serves as transitional housing for women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children.
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - Humboldt Avenue
Completion Date: 2023
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - 6th Street A
Completion Date: 2023
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - 6th Street B
Completion Date: 2023
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
2022
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - Humboldt Avenue
Completion Date: May 2022
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a four-bedroom transitional housing residence and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to serve veterans experiencing homelessness
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis - Irving Avenue
Completion Date: July 2022
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a transitional housing residence and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to serve veterans experiencing homelessness.
2021
Family Recovery Housing: Columbus 1810 Units 102, 201, 202, 203, B1
Build Partners: John Kraemer & Sons, Inc.; Plekkenpol Builders, Inc.; The Kingdom Builders
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovated apartment units that serve as transitional housing for women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children.
2020
Housing for Heroes: North Minneapolis 4th Street
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a four-bedroom transitional house in North Minneapolis to serve veterans experiencing homelessness.
Housing for Heroes: North St. Paul
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a four-bedroom transitional house in North St. Paul to serve veteran families experiencing homelessness.
2019
Family Recovery Housing: Columbus B2
Build Partner: Mega Remodel; Cardinal Remodeling
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovated a basement apartment to serve as transitional housing from women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children.
Housing for Heroes: Bloomington
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a four-bedroom transitional house to serve veteran men experiencing homelessness.
2018
Build Partner: Homes by Tradition, LLC
Service Organization: Emmaus Lutheran Church
Renovated an 800-square-foot parsonage to serve as transition housing for women and their children who are facing severe life crises. The restoration project included a new kitchen, appliances, floors, bathroom, walkway, basement, HVAC, and paint.
Family Recovery Housing: Units 5, 6, 7, 8
Build Partner: Soderberg Apartment Specialists
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovated four apartment units that serve as transitional housing for women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children. The four upper-level units were remodeled with new flooring, paint millwork, cabinets, and appliances.
Family Recovery Housing: Unit 2
Build Partner: Crystal Kitchen Center, Inc.
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovated one apartment unit that serves as transitional housing for women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children. The updates included new flooring, paint, millwork, cabinets, and appliances.
Family Recovery Housing: Units 1, 3, 4
Build Partner: The Kingdom Builders
Service Organization: Avivo
Renovated three apartment units that serves as transitional housing from women seeking recovery services for addiction while living with their children. The updates on the three lower-level units included new flooring, paint, millwork, cabinets, and appliances.
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a five-bedroom transitional housing residence for serves veteran women experiencing homelessness.
2017
Housing for Heroes: East St. Paul
Build Partner: Lennar
Service Organization: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)
Built a five-bedroom residence to house veteran families as they transition from homelessness.
Build Partners: Minnesota Rusco and Contract Interiors
Service Organization: Homeward Bound
Renovated two bathrooms and installed new flooring in a Brooklyn Park residence that houses 32 individuals with disabilities.
Build Partner: Ispiri, LLC
Service Organization: Special Spaces
Renovated a basement to provide Rachel with a place to do her homework, rest, and heal. After Rachel’s long-term illness kept her in and out hospitals with multiple surgeries, she now has a special place of her own.
The St. Michael Foundation Project
Build Partner: Minnesota Design and Construction
Service Organization: St. Michael Foundation
Expanded and provided a safe kitchen and stairwell for four men with special needs. In addition to the kitchen expansion, an additional bedroom and deck were added to the home.
Rebuilding Together Trailer
Service Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities
Provided a $2,500 donation to help cover the cost of a new trailer after the theft of the previous trailer. This trailer is used regularly to build and install accessibility ramps throughout the Twin Cities for families in need.
2016
Build Partner: American Building Contractors, Inc.
Provided a new roof and extensive siding repairs for an army veteran that was injured during the Iraq war.
The Jemelka Project
Repaired a veteran’s 1890s home that had a cement slab sinking into the foundation of their home, causing a wall to buckle. Provided basic home maintenance and the replacement of doors and windows.
The Rohland Project
Replaced a roof for a family in need.
The Westphal Project
Replaced a roof for a family in need.
2015
The Bluebird House
Build Partner: Vujovich Design Build
Service Organization: Homeward Bound
Renovated a single-family home for four medically fragile men. Built an addition of a light-filled great room, a second bathroom and bedroom, more storage, and a first-floor laundry room.
The Dzuik Project
Build Partner: Finished Basement Company
Service Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities
Created a space in a woman’s home to accommodate her extreme sensitivity to light after an unsuccessful brain surgery.
The Marco Solt Project
Build Partner: Accent Homes
Service Organization: Homes for Our Troops
Built a fully accessible home for a Private First Class and his family. The adapted home in Ramsey, MN featured more than 40 accommodations to provide accessibility for the veteran who lost both legs when his vehicle struck an IED while serving in Afghanistan.
2014
The Zach Mohs Project
Build Partner: JK Anderson
Completed an accessible home to accommodate an individual in a wheelchair. After a tragic hit and run, this housing was able to give him a place to continue his recovery.
The Eli Phillipi Project
Build Partner: Che Bella Interiors
Service Organization: Special Spaces
Funded a dream bedroom makeover for a 4-year-old boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Kate the Great Project
Build Partner: Michels Homes
Service Organization: Special Spaces
Provided a bedroom makeover for a 5-year-old diagnosed with Type 2 Pfeiffer Syndrome at birth, a genetic mutation characterized by the premature fusion of skull bones. She has undergone more than 60 procedures, eight of which were major surgeries for facial, skull and tracheal reconstruction.
2013
The Nancy David-Ortiz Project
Service Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities
Replaced flooring, patio doors, and ground floor windows for a retired army veteran.
The Davidson Residence
Service Organization: Project for Pride in Living
Major home renovation that included repairing major structural issues and updating plumbing and electrical systems for a family in North Minneapolis.
The John Boyle Project
Service Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities
Provided repairs to the home of an individual with a brain injury as a result of a car accident.
The Sonya Johnson Project
Build Partner: Thompson Exteriors
Service Organization: Project for Pride in Living
Repaired and remediated the home of a single mother and grandmother.
2012
The Birdell Beeks Project
Repaired an extremely leaky roof for a family in need.
The Rosalie Garner Project
Adjusted a garage door and prepped and painted exterior soffit due to peeling paint for a senior citizen in need.
The Erin Washington Project
Jack Jablonski Accessibility Project
Build Partners: Awad & Koontz Architects & Builders; Kuhl Design & Build
Renovated the home of an injured high school hockey star.
Housing for Heroes: Noah Gordon Project
Build Partner: Soderbeck Design and Construction
Repaired the home of an injured veteran.
2011
The Jaurez Family Project
The Vang Family Project
Build Partner: Showcase Renovations
Finished the lower level of a home to create more bedroom and bathroom space.
The Cureton Project
Build Partner: James Barton Design Build
Renovated the home of a wounded veteran in two phases.
The Ahmed Family Project
2010
The Brady Carlson Family
Remodeled a home for a family with a 4-year-old son diagnosed with a rare liver condition. He has undergone two transplants and the home was in need of major repairs.
Rebuild Haiti
Service Organization: World Wide Village
Teams of builders lent their expertise to construct homes when an earthquake shattered Haiti.
Foundation Chalet
Volunteers constructed a Foundation Chalet used to promote to Foundation and to rent out.
2008
Operation Dream Makeover
Completed a home renovation for a wounded Iraq war veteran.
The Lowell Curve Project
Build Partner: Lake Country Builders
Service Organization: Project for Pride in Living
A new home in the Lowell Curve neighborhood of Minneapolis.
2007
The Wendy Roe Project
Build Partner: Aulik & Associates, Inc.
Built a new home in the Frogtown area.
2006
The Vi Van Tran
Build Partners: Bruggeman Homes; Frogtown Area CDC
Built two homes in the Frogtown area.
The Abdiaziz Warsame Project
2004
456 & 458 Edmund Duplex Project
Build Partner: Rottlund Homes
Built a new duplex in the Frogtown area.
452 & 454 Edmund Duplex Project
Build Partner: Rottlund Homes
Built a new duplex in the Frogtown area.
2001
Edmond Avenue Project
Built a new home in the Frogtown area.
2000
State Fair House
Built new home for the Frogtown area with several partners during the MN State Fair. The finished home was then moved to its homesite.
The Mary Anne Davis Project
Built a new home in the Frogtown area.
1998
The Vickie L. Williams Project
Built a new home in the Frogtown area.
1997
The Vahleng Lee Project
Built a new home in the Frogtown area.
The Felicia Carter Project
Fully renovated a home in the Frogtown area.
1994
The Schwab Project
Build Partner: C.N. Ostrom Construction
Service Organizations: Habitat for Humanity; Edina Realty; Metropolitan Bank
Renovated an abandoned home for a mother and three teenage boys.
1993
Operation Outreach
Service Organization: Interfaith Outreach
Renovated a home in Wayzata.
1992
The Richfield Project
Partner: Cornerstone Advocacy Group
Remodeled a home in Richfield.
1991
Vista Village Rehabilitation Project
Assisted in a variety of projects for a 48-unit townhome that serves low-income families and seniors comprised of 73 total residents. Members completed interior painting, landscaping, replacement of all appliances, cabinetry, carpeting, a community room addition, and lighting enhancements.