Synovus Bank Commits to Build 8th Home with Habitat-NCG

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA (April 18, 2019) – Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia receives a $10,000 grant from Synovus Bank to build a home for a local family in Cherokee County. Not only has Synovus Bank committed to funding a portion of the build, but Synovus employees will work side by side with the family to build their home. This will be their 8th home in 10 years of partnering with Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia.

As the “Bank of Here”, all of us at Synovus are honored to support Habit for Humanity as it helps provide homes to our neighbors here in North Metro Atlanta,” said Christopher Mixon, Market President with Synovus Bank’s Northeast Atlanta Market. “As a Georgia-headquartered bank, we are also enormously proud of the impact Habitat for Humanity has made around the world for more than 40 years from our home state.

“Synovus has been a true partner of Habitat-North Central Georgia since at least 2006, providing home sponsorships and our primary banking services,” said CEO of Habitat-NCG, Russell Hayes. “In addition, Synovus serves as our liaison with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta for securing down payment assistance grants, ranging from $5,000 to $7,500, for each of our homeowners at their closings. The efforts of the Synovus associates in taking on this additional work at no cost to our affiliate are deeply appreciated as the grants provide in excess of $50,000 in revenue for our ministry annually. We are extremely grateful for Synovus’s support.”

Picture 1: Check Presentation pictured from left: Alix Hillyer, Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending, Synovus Bank; Christopher Mixon, Market President Northeast Atlanta Market, Synovus Bank; Sabrina Kirkland, Director, Community Engagement & Home Repair, Habitat-NCG; Russell Hayes, CEO, Habitat-NCG

About Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia

Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia is a non-profit, Christian housing ministry that builds affordable housing for purchase by low- to moderate-income families who demonstrate a capacity for responsible homeownership. Since its inception in 1995, Habitat-NCG has built or rehabbed over 300 homes in North Fulton, Cherokee and Forsyth/Dawson counties. Partner families are required to attend educational classes related to homeownership and perform 200 sweat equity hours; they earn between 30% and 60% of the Atlanta area median income and purchase their homes through a 30-year, no-interest loan financed by Habitat-NCG. In 2014, Habitat-NCG started a home repair program targeted primarily at veterans and seniors. To date, 63 repair projects have been completed, bringing the total number of persons served by the ministry to over 1300, including more than 750 children. For more information regarding Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia, please visit www.habitat-ncg.org.

About Synovus Bank

Synovus Financial Corp. is a financial services company based in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately $45 billion in assets. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services through 300 branches in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Synovus Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Synovus, was named one of American Banker’s “Best Banks to Work For” in 2018 and has been recognized as one of the country’s 10 “Most Reputable Banks” by American Banker and the Reputation Institute for four consecutive years. Synovus is on the web at synovus.com, and on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.