Mission Statement
Our mission is to eliminate substandard housing in Horry
County by establishing partnerships to build simple,
decent, affordable housing and communities together with God's
people in need.
Creation of the Affiliate
Habitat for Humanity of Horry County was established in 1991
by a group of interested citizens. On April 9, 1990 the
Certificate of Incorporation was signed by Robert C. Wilkes Jr.,
Sammy Spann, and Daniel M. Campbell.
This
initial steering committee consisted of Ray Allen, David Bishop,
James F. Burgess, Daniel Campbell, Mary Canty, Sandra Graham,
Dwight Hudson, Sarah Jackson, George Jacobs, John Jones, Sharon
Malone, Charles Sharpe, Jim Spangenburg, Sammy Spann.
The first house was constructed in 1991 for the Sutton
family with 6 bedrooms in Myrtle Beach. Two more houses were
finished that year. Since then, 106 houses have been constructed
through 2010.
Store and Office Locations
The first offices for the affiliate were located in a space
loaned by Chancel Construction Company in Conway. The ReStore
opened in 1996 in the Waccamaw Pottery Shopping Center. New
offices were donated by First United Methodist Church in March, 1999 at 936 Broadway Avenue in
Myrtle Beach while the ReStore moved to a new location
along Kings Highway. In 2005, the ReStore and offices were combined at 1519 Executive Avenue in Myrtle Beach. This new
facility included a large warehouse on the first floor for the ReStore and the administration
offices are on the second level. The ReStore and Offices
are currently located at 165 Co-Op Road in Socastee, as of
October 1, 2011. The current building is newer and more
visible to traffic.
Construction
The first house was constructed in 1991 for the Sutton
family. It was a six bedroom house built in Myrtle Beach.
Three houses were completed in 1992.
Between 1993 to 1999 an average three houses a year were
constructed with an additional rehabilitation These houses varied in size and location throughout Horry County.
In 1996 a project with the City of Myrtle Beach was started
in the Futrell Park area and seven houses were constructed in 2000
to complete this project.
In 2002 the Village of Dreams subdivision became a reality on
property donated by Myrtle Beach Farms. The first phase
consisted of 15
houses with money for infrastructure provided bythe HOME grant from
the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development Authority. HomePlace (formerly Waccamaw
Pottery) provided $200,000 for house construction.
In 2006 Myrtle Beach Farms, Burroughs and Chapin Company,
donated an additional seven lots for Phase II at the Village of Dreams.
A four-house Home
Builders Blitz, our first blitz, was completed in June of 2006.
One more house was completed that year by Owens Construction. Ten houses were completed in
the twelve month period-- the busiest since the affiliate was
founded.
In 2007 Waccamaw Council of Governments HOME grant was
received that made it possible to construct seven houses in
Phase II at the Village of Dreams. Local builders blitzed six
houses in 2008 and in the fall a Women Build completed the last
home in Phase II.
Properties on Gray, Orange, Crimson, and
Canal Streets were purchased with assistance from the SHOP
program.
Parcels were purchased in Conway (10.5 acres of land on
Highway 905) and one acre on Pint Circle in Longs.
In 2009 three houses on Canal Street were
completed. We also participated as a partner in the Neighborhood
Stabilization Program and received a grant through the Community
development Block Grant Program. The last 2 houses in the Crayola Community were completed. A
Women Build completed a
house on Canal Street in 2009-2010. Grants were received from the Waccamaw
Regional Council of Governments, the SC State Housing and
Finance Development Authority, and other local community groups
and churches.
2010 saw more than a few milestones for the affiliate. A
large number of grants were received from the Waccamaw Regional
Council of Governments, Community Development Block Grant,
SC Association of Realtors, Wells Fargo, Thrivent Financial, Lowe's Home
Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield, SHOP, and HOME. Early in
the year the 100th house was constructed and a flurry of
building along Pint Circle brought the total to 106 houses by
the end of the year. |
