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USDA officials visit two successful self-help grantees

Sweat is sweet for future homeowners

By Greg Johnson, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

PALMER, Alaska — Gurn Circle is a community in progress.
The cul-de-sac just south of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway off Gurn Street was alive Saturday morning with the sounds of power tools, hammering and good-natured ribbing. 

Nonprofit provides opportunity for families to build new lives

First-time owners get loans, construct their own homes

By Ruth Liao, StatesmanJournal.com

GERVAIS, Ore. — For two weeks, future Gervais resident Maria Elena Garcia, 39, has wielded a saw and a staple gun to build her new home.

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