BY VINCENT BALL
EXPOSITOR STAFF / BRANTFORD

Strong support from a lot of community-minded people has helped Habitat Brant recover from a major setback to build its latest home for a local family.

“Our construction trailer, the trailer where we keep all our tools, was broken into just before we were about to start construction,” said Kathy Poirier, of Habitat Brant. “All our tools were stolen and we had to replace them all so we could get going.”

Enough people heard about the problem so that Habitat Brant has been able to move forward with its latest project.

Elgin is a busy street and parking for workers and other volunteers was going to be a challenge. At least it was until Steve Charest and King & Benton stepped in to help.

The company has been providing parking spaces for volunteers workers as well as more than 10,000 square feet of warehouse space in its Elgin Street building to Habitat Brant. As well, Habitat Brant is using some of the space for a food tent it sets up at every build for volunteers.