The Melissa Fowler Project

The Melissa Fowler home is the first home built under the assistance and direction of Self Help Housing of East Texas. Her home is located at the corner of Birch and 190 on the West side of Jasper. SHHET assisted in getting her loan approved and in the construction management of the project

 

 

FUMC Home

 

Self Help Housing Home

 

 

 

  

 

       

This first set of pictures were taken at the official groundbreaking ceremony on November 6, 2007
 

From left to right: an associate from Lowe's; Kim Poplin, office manage of SHHET, Pauline Rosedale, tireless worker and advocate; Ralph Rosedale, Founder and Board Member of SHHET; Kelli Marshall, Comptroller of SHHET; Shelly Haynes, Executive Director of SHHET; Harry Haynes, Store Manager of Lowe's; an employee of Mark Bean's Construction; Mark Bean, owner of Mark Bean's Construction.
 

Mark and Ralph laying out the site
 

 

 

 

Melissa Fowler driving one of the stakes assisted by Dale Beaty. Melissa's son Thomas is in the background
 

Kim Poplin, Shelly Haynes, and Kelli Marshall; the three who made it happen.
 

 

 

 

The first shovel full turned over by Melissa, the new owner.
 

 

 

Now the real work begins!