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We Believe 2020 Women Build homeowner Monae in each other “Seeing so many people I had never met before supporting me gave me confidence and I did it!” _ Monae 2020 Annual Report Table of Contents We Believe in Each Other: President & CEO Danny Herron 3 2021 Sherwood Commons, a Townhome Community 4 Corporate Partner Impact 6 Faith Partner Impact 8 Fall 2019: Carter Work Project a Year Later 1 1 Tara Morgan, CWP Habitat Homeowner Reflects 12 Spring 2020: Habitat navigates a new world, new vocabulary 14 Volunteer Appreciation Photos 16 ReStore 18 2020 Board of Directors and Executive Committee 20 2020 Advisory Council and Division Boards 2 1 Wilson Habitat for Humanity 22 Cheatham Habitat for Humanity 24 Division News 26 Financial Statement 27 Donors 28 Gift-In-Kind Sponsors 30 2019 Carter Work Project Sponsors 3 1 2019 Fall Build Sponsors 32 2020 Spring Build Sponsors 33 MISSION: Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. page 2 | 2020 Annual Report We Believe in Each Other | page 3 We Believe in Each Other After we completed the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project last October, our agency looked forward to a less eventful 2020. That obviously didn’t happen. The year 2020 is a year none of us will ever forget. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous hardships in so many lives, both personally and professionally. But for those most vulnerable in our community who we serve, the effect of COVID-19 added anxiety and stress to their already challenging lives. Remember, the pandemic hit our community on the heels of the March tornadoes. For Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville, our challenge was to keep our staff, volunteers, and supporters safe, while continuing our ministry and serving those working men and women who have partnered with us for the opportunity of purchasing their own home. Our decision was to continue serving our families, while also rigorously implementing enhanced safety protocols for our offices, build sites, and ReStores that complied with federal CDC guidelines as well as state and local government guidance. I am so very proud of our team of professionals and volunteers who helped us accomplish both priorities: the on-going work supporting Habitat homeowners; and being a community leader in complying with additional safety protocols. As we look into 2021 and beyond the pandemic, the Greater Nashville area remains one of the fastest growing and most desirable places to live in this country. With that, the need for available and affordable housing will continue to be one of the key challenges for this community. We are moving forward to address this need by: • Building our first townhome neighborhood on Ewing Drive in North Nashville that will create 26 new townhomes on under four acres. • Plans to expland into a larger ReStore space in Wilson County to grow the impact of this social enterprise which supports our ministry. • Providing additional homeownership opportunities in surrounding areas with the addition of Robertson County under the Greater Nashville umbrella. • Developing key partnerships in the communities we serve with local govern- ment leaders, other non-profits, and the private sector to work collectively toward solutions to provide affordable housing and homeownership oppor- tunities. By involving thousands of community, corporate, and faith volunteers each year through the work of Habitat, the need becomes better understood and others see how the failure to find solutions for affordable homeownership impacts us all. We dream big dreams and have confidence in our future through the indelible spirit of our staff and volunteers. We can be an example throughout the community of what can be accomplished when we bring people together to build homes, Monae Bradley, who is on our communities and hope . because we believe in each other! cover, at her home dedication, spring 2020 Danny Herron Habitat for Humanity of GreaterPresident and Nashville CEO | Annual Report 2013 page 4 | 2020 Annual Report We Believe in Each Other | page 5 We Believe Coming 2021 Sherwood Commons Habitat’s new Townhome Community “Sherwood Commons is a welcome addition to the diverse housing options in District 2. With Nashville’s robust and expensive housing market, homeownership has become unat - tainable for so many. Sherwood Commons makes homeownership a reality for deserving residents who have put their money, time, and sweat into achieving part of the American dream,” says Council Member Kyonzté Toombs. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nash- The townhomes will feature fiber cement ville has begun development of its newest siding and single slope roofs with aluminum community, Sherwood Commons, located at canopies to fit into Habitat’s sustainable the intersection of Ewing Drive and Gwyn- home portfolio. The townhomes, like all nwood Drive in North Nashville. The 26 unit of Habitat’s single family homes, will be townhome neighborhood will be Habitat of 100 percent ENERGY STAR® certified. Greater Nashville’s first townhome commu- The convenient location is minutes to nity, with both two and three bedroom units downtown, local shopping centers, and available for purchase. Home construc- major interstates. Habitat purchased the tion will begin in the spring of 2021 with a property in 2018. projected finish by the spring of 2022. WH Potential buyers will qualify for Habitat’s HVAC “Sherwood Commons is an excellent oppor- homeownership program and partner with BATH 7'-4" x 5'-5" tunity for Habitat of Greater Nashville to offer Habitat by taking homeownership classes Sherwood Commons Architect its award winning construction in a different and working on the build site to purchase affordable homeownership product. Town- the townhomes with an affordable mort- Nashvillian Darrell L. Hayes REF. homes might be of high interest to hard- gage. Habitat homeowners must have a 1 KITCHEN 3 0 LIVING 5 11'-5" x 10'-9" 9 continues to be uplifting communities. working men and women in our community household income below 80 percent of 8 17'-9" x 22'-5" Why did you choose to work with who will enjoy the professionally maintained Area Median Income (AMI) and an ability That mission is very powerful and ignites W / D Habitat for Humanity on this community space and who value the prox- to pay a monthly mortgage payment project? a fire in me to join in to be a part of this imity to downtown and major interstates,” including principal, property taxes, home- FIRST FLOOR PLAN Habitat allows people in the commu- meaningful and worthwhile work. says Danny Herron, president and CEO of owners insurance and HOA dues. nity the opportunity to be homeowners. LAUNDRY Habitat of Greater Nashville. 5'-0" x 3'-5" “I grew up in single parent, low-income, affordable What was your main consider- BEDROOM Habitat has a longtime reputation building 9'-10" x 8'-11" “People are looking for efficient space, low HVAC housing and I am grateful that housing was available. affordable communities for those who ation or design objective(s) when Twenty-three two-bedroom and three three- maintenance, and less yard work. These Greater Nashville is a 13-time consecutive My family used it to better ourselves and now we are would not have had the opportunity designing Sherwood Commons? bedroom townhomes will have approximately townhomes will be a perfect fit with our city,” award winner for Sustained ExcellenceMASTER BDRM able to give back and help those in need. All of my otherwise. They make sure that home- Energy efficiency! Habitat of Greater MASTER BATH 17'-9" x 9'-10" 1,200 square feet and feature two assigned adds Darrell. in Affordable Housing4'-11" from x 8'-7" the Environ- siblings graduated from high school and went on to owners are responsible to meet personal Nashville is a 100 percent ENERGY higher education. I became a licensed architect. One parking spaces per unit. The open floor plans mental ProtectionBEDROOM Agency. The Sherwood goals and have accountability through STAR® certified builder so I wanted to 9'-0" x 9'-11" were designed by local architect Darrell L. The townhomes will be built to the Environ- Commons homeowners will be the last of sister became a physician and the other a registered the application process, classes, and the make it eco friendly using safe building BATH nurse. I think that affordable housing can help those Hayes, a graduate of Maplewood High School mental Proection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® the 59 families whose6'- 3"homes x 12'-8" were funded in participation required in building their products while incorporating a modern and Tennessee State University, who worked specifications providing savings on utility part by the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter who appreciate it,” says Darrell. homes. Habitat’s mission has been and design, and keeping it affordable. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville | Annual Report 2013 with Habitat’s in-house design team. bills for Habitat homeowners. Habitat of WorkSECOND Project. FLOOR PLAN page 6 | 2020 Annual Report We Believe in Each Other | page 7 Ron Harris We Believe Spring build 2020 | Sponsored by HCA Healthcare Focus Turns into homeownership Sometimes blessings come in strange pack- ages, Ron thought to himself. The week he applied for the Habitat for Humanity homeownership program, he was in a car accident totaling his car. His auto insur- ance didn’t completely cover his car loan balance, creating more debt on top of his school loans. He needed to purchase a new vehicle to continue working and he wanted to stay in Nashville, the city he grew up in, if he could just afford a place to live. Becoming a homeowner had become such an important goal for Ron that he moved in with his grandmother, using a walk-in closet as his bedroom.