Washington Developers Donate 8 Lots to Housatonic Habitat

Danbury, CT; 01/07/19 - Housatonic Habitat for Humanity recently received a transfer of property and development rights from Myfield LLC, a Washington-based development company, for the construction of eight homes on Myfield Lane.

Winston Fowlkes and Joe Gitterman donated eight lots in an approved 13-lot planned unit development on approximately 13 acres of land off Route 202 near Lake Waramaug. The transfer included all infrastructures – sceptics, water lines, conduits, and a road.

According to Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Board President Kent Rohrer, “We are pleased to be finishing the work that Winston and Joe envisioned a decade ago for creating affordable housing.” Plans by Housatonic Habitat are currently underway to set a timeline for future work. “We will continue building two- and three-bedroom single-family homes within the design parameters established.”

Gitterman said, “Needless to say, we wish current homeowners and Housatonic Habitat many years of happiness on Myfield Lane. We are so pleased that current homeowners helped make the community a wonderful place to live and bring up children. We know that by gifting this project to Housatonic Habitat that they will continue creating a neighborhood that we envisioned.” Gitterman and Fowlkes were instrumental in recently connecting Housatonic Habitat with current homeowners to continue this harmonious relationship.

Housatonic Habitat is the local affiliate of the international affordable housing charity. Organized in Ridgefield in 1991, Housatonic Habitat has built 28 homes in the greater Danbury region. Most recently it completed two homes in Greenfield Village and is renovating another on Wellsville Avenue, all in New Milford. According to Executive Director Fran Normann, “We are grateful to Winston and Joe for putting affordable housing within the reach of local families who need a hand up – not a hand out – to become first time homeowners. This is a significant gift from Joe and Winston.”

For more information about Housatonic Habitat for Humanity, visit: www.housatonichabitat.org; Facebook: www.facebook.com/housatonichabitatforhumanity/. To volunteer: volunteercoordinator@housatonichabitat.org