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On March 18, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County kicked off a Home Builders Blitz in the Weavers Grove neighborhood in Chapel Hill, where four Habitat homes will be constructed from start to finish in just ten days.

Founded as a means to include local builders in Habitat’s mission, the Home Builders Blitz condensed build schedule allows affiliates to build more homes without overextending capacity or significantly increasing overhead. This year’s event is made possible by the three home builder partners alongside Habitat for Humanity; BuildSense, Trinity Design/Build, and Bost Custom Homes.

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County had a lot to celebrate this past weekend around its newest community Weavers Grove.

Weavers Grove is a mixed-income community offering affordable homeownership to Habitat families as well as market-rate homes. Buying a home at the lower end of the market is difficult in Chapel Hill. Of the 238 single-family homes, townhomes, duplexes, and condominiums, 102 will be Habitat homes owned by people who live or work in Orange County. The remaining market-rate homes will offer new opportunities for Chapel Hill homebuyers, at or slightly below today’s median home price.

Oak Foundation donates $1 million dollars to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County to support the construction of Weavers Grove, the largest gift toward the $7.5 million capital campaign to date. This gift was announced at Habitat for Humanity’s 24th annual House Party fundraiser Sunday and almost a year to the day since the official groundbreaking of Weavers Grove on October 17, 2021.

With a historic groundbreaking at Weavers Grove on Sunday, October 17, 2021, Chapel Hill is a step closer to having 237 more homes at affordable prices in a neighborhood where people can live close to where they work.

Weavers Grove is a first of its kind mixed-income community offering affordable homeownership to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County families and to market-rate homebuyers. Of the 237 single-family homes, townhomes, duplexes, and condominiums, 101 will be Habitat homes owned by people who live or work in Orange County. The remaining market-rate homes, built by Garman Homes and White Oak Properties, will offer new opportunities for Chapel Hill homebuyers, at price ranges lower than today’s median home prices.

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County has announced the two homebuilders, Garman Homes and White Oak Properties, who will be building the market-rate homes in its Weavers Grove community. Weavers Grove is Habitat for Humanity of Orange County’s newest neighborhood, a mixed-income community located in Chapel Hill off of Weaver Dairy Road.

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County recently announced a new partnership with HOPE NC, which will give new meaning to the organization’s vision that everyone in Orange County will have a decent place to live.

On Saturday, a celebration took place at Weavers Grove to recognize the hard work of those who made the community possible. Attendees ate, drank, played games, and toured the site off of Weaver Dairy and Sunrise roads in Chapel Hill where many new houses will be built.

A perspective from Jennifer Player

For more than 20 years, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County has worked towards building a development off Sunrise Road in Chapel Hill. You are invited to join us on May 20 to celebrate as we set a new precedent for mixed-income living with the successful launch of Weavers Grove.

Aaron Keck chats with Laine Staton of Orange County Habitat for Humanity, which is now accepting applications for prospective homeowners in the new Weavers Grove mixed-income development.

Everybody is yelling about the lack of affordable housing in the Triangle, but few leaders and developers have offered sustainable solutions. A project coming to fruition in Chapel Hill may provide a path forward.

After years of debate and planning, the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County Habitat for Humanity broke ground on the Weaver’s Grove community on Sunday. The mixed-use development will provide 101 affordable homes, additional market rate housing and other amenities to the Chapel Hill community.

Since 2002, the 32-acre plot of land off Sunrise Road has been the site of the Weaver’s Grove community. The development received unanimous town council approval for conditional zoning of the site in June of 2020. So, 19 years after the land was first purchased by Orange County Habitat for Humanity, the construction of the 237 total housing units is finally under way.

After years of planning, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County will break ground Sunday on a neighborhood in Chapel Hill for low- and moderate-income families.

The Weavers Grove community, on 17 acres off Sunrise Road south of Interstate 40, will include 100 homes and 237 total residential units when it’s completed in 18 months. The neighborhood also will include a basketball court, a dog park, a fix-it shop, a splash pad, and a community garden for residents to grow their own produce.

For 18 years, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County has been working with the town of Chapel Hill to build a mixed income housing development. It seeks to address the affordable housing crisis. In June, the Town Council approved a change in zoning, moving the project ahead, but Habitat still faces barriers.

Affordable housing continues to be one of the top issues in the Chapel Hill community, with many pushing for years to improve and expand living options. Before it began its summer break, the Chapel Hill Town Council acted on several proposed housing developments, with even more planned in the coming years.

At its final meeting of the first half of 2020, the town council approved a conditional rezoning permit for the Weavers Grove community to be located off Sunrise Road in northern Chapel Hill. The approval means the Orange County Habitat for Humanity, the non-profit heading the project, can begin to find a developer for the affordable housing community.