Contractor skips town, leaves Grant Park resident in need

A Crowdfunding effort has been started to help a local retired schoolteacher repair her front porch.

According to the effort’s website, Sylvia Waller is a 45-year resident of Grant Park who needed repairs to her front porch. After paying a contractor several thousand dollars, Waller says the contractor skipped town after learning he didn’t have the proper business permits to complete the job.

As a result, Waller’s front porch has been left unsafe.

Local architect Michael Dryden of InsideOut Architecture, Park Atlanta Homes and Round Here Renovations, and ProBuild Building Materials, have volunteered to make the proper repairs to Waller’s home, but she is still in need of money for permitting and material fees.