COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOLDS SPRING OPERATION INASMUCH

The City of High Point Community Development & Housing Department {CD&H), Community Housing Solutions (CHS) and Housing Consultants Group (HCG) have worked together to strengthen neighborhoods by improving the quality of housing in several Core City communities through an exciting program called Operation Inasmuch (OIAM).

This program has been sponsored by the City of High Point since 2016 and is held twice a year (in the Spring and Fall). OIAM is a daylong service opportunity in which volunteers from faith-based organizations, community groups and other interested groups come together to help repair the homes of eligible homeowners free of charge. These volunteers work with skilled professionals to perform the housing repairs.

Here are the highlights from OIAM on April 29, 2023:

• 10 homes were repaired, impacting the 20 individuals living in these homes

• 176 volunteers served 1,056 hours

• $100,000 was invested in home repairs in the Southside Neighborhood. These repairs included:

• Construction of two access ramps

• Installation of safety railings at four homes

• A fresh coat (or two) of exterior paint to two homes, a few sheds and a deck

• Painting Southside Garden beds and shed

• Picking up 24 bags of trash along the greenway

• Many yards were mulched, bushes pruned and flowers delivered

The department would like to thank the following teams for joining the effort to bless these neighbors with home repairs:

•Bank of America

•City of High Point

•Covenant Church

•Green Street Baptist Church

•Forest Hills Presbyterian Church

•High Point BNI

•High Point Young Professionals

•HPHA Soar Program

•Kernersville BNI

•Pinnacle Financial Partners

•Titans

•Triad REIA

A special thanks to the Welfare Reform Liaison Project for providing lunch and snacks to the City of High Point’s Team.

If you would like to volunteer for OIAM in the Fall (Oct. 28), please contact Michelle V. McNair.