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HABTTAT for humanity of CHARLOTTE, INC,
.".Builds houses like this one in Optimist Park
Habitat For Ijlumanity To Host
Former President Jimmy Carter’sVisit
By Aadrey C. Lodato
Poat Staff Writer
When former president Jimmy
Carter visits Charlotte on July 27, he
will see the work that Habitat for
Humanity of Charlotte, Inc. has
1 ■ tidone to help low-income families
become homeowners.
—‘ Jimmy and Rosalind Carter and
Habitat founders MtUard and Linda
Puller of Americus, Ga., will be
.(• stopping in Charlotte enroute to New
York where they will help construct
interest-free homes for low-income
New Yorkers
* ’ Locally, Habitat grew out of a
project begun by seven southeast
! Charlotte churches in 1882. Coo
centra ting on the Optimist Park
area around N. Caldwell and N.
Davidson Streets, Habitat has built
or is in the process of building six
homes for families whose incomes
would not qualify for conventional
mortgage money. The first house
was completed in February, 1M4,
according to coordinator and presi
dent of the Charlotte Habitat board,
Julia Maul den
The principle behind Habitat, she
explains, is called “the economy of
Jesus" and is based on people
helping people with no profit motive. ,
Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte,
Inc. seeks funds from a variety of
On The Boulevard To Air
' ? , ■ ■ me day-to-day scramble for
survival by Joe, an unemployed but
Industrious musician, is the subject
of “On The Boulevard,” a bitter
sweet drama airing Sunday, July M .
at 10:90 p.m. (ET) on public
. ; television.
The half-hour program, produced
and directed by St. Clair Bourne,
, combines the control of a scripted
dramatic flhn with the “reainees" of
a cinema verite-style documentary.
- t 'V:,.'£ Baaed on the true story of a Los
Angeles street musician’s attempts
to make a living through his music,
“On The Boulevard” was written by
Pamela Douglas and Martin
Yarbrough, based an a newspaper
article written by Ms. Douglas (or
the Los Angeles Herald Examiner in
1982. (“On The Boulevard” is dosed
captioned for the bearing impaired.)
Ms. Douglas was commissioned
to determine if and how those who
were truly needy were living above
what the then-current Admini
stration had termed the “social
safety net.” The resulting article,
originally headlined “The Pied
Piper of Hollywood' Boulevard,”
spoke of a sector of the community
readers knew little about - and a
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destitute performer-would-be star
drawn by the myth of Hollywood
success.
"On The Boulevard," shot on
location in Hollywood features
Lawrence Hilton ^Jacobs of TV’s
“Welcome Back Hotter” as Joe, the
talented musician who plays his
saxophone for tourists on Hollywood
Boulevard. Gloria Charles portrays
Angela, a singer-dancer new to
Hollywood.
• The drama marks St. Clair
Bourne s entry into Actional film
making after a distinguished career
as a documentarian. He most
recently was represented on public
television in 1983 with "In Motion:
Amiri Baraka,” a portrait of the
poet-activist once known as Leroi
Jones.
"On The Boulevard was made
possible by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. The program
is produced and directed by St. Clair
Bourne. Production supervision was
by the Television Laboratory at
WNET-THJRTEEN. Coordinator:
Deborah Liebling. Executive
producer: Carol Brandenburg.
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sources, which enables it to build
low-cost homes using volunteer la
bor. The new homeowners, who
must contribute 100 hours of labor
' toward their home or ahother Habi
tat-built dwelling, repay the loan,
interest-free, over a period of 10
years.
According to Maulden, most
homes are built for about $25,000 and
have monthly payments of about
< $150, which in most cases is less than
the rent the families had been
paying Houses are in the 1,000
1,200 square foot range.
Applicants for Habitat homes
must have a dependable source .of
income and be able to make the
monthly payments. Because Habitat
has gotten a lot of calls from other
parts of Charlotte, the target area
for applications is being enlarged
somewhat beyond the Optimist Park
area, Maulden states.
She points out that homeowner
ship “does something for one’s -
pride, one’s outlook.” And, besides
building houses, Habitat builds a
sense of community among parti
cipants.
John Crosland is chairman of
Habitat's board. Drew CatheU is the
builder who organizes the moetly
unskilled volunteers into working
units.
While much of the volunteer labor
is provided by church members,
anyone interested in helping can call
Maulden at 375-2054.
THE CHARLOTTE POST Publishing Company, Inc.
Invites You To Its
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Fifth “Churchworker of The Year99 Banquet
With
Lawrence Toliver
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
V ice President
Guest Speaker
Friday, July 26,1985
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Marriott Executive Center
1-77 and Tyvola Road
7 p.nu
$25.00 per person - $250.00 per table
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