The housing association is a nonprofit that for the past 10 years has partnered with DC3 – local shorthand for the college – to build a house in Dodge City annually. Its mission is to address housing needs by revitalizing low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods. “It’s really a neat partnership and program that we implement here,” says Mollea Wainscott, assistant director of the Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation. The program creates additional housing, trains the future workforce in Dodge City and cleans up blighted neighborhoods. Wainscott says every house the program builds is south of Comanche Street, an east-west thoroughfare generally regarded as a demographic dividing line. Students level the dirt for the concrete work, help set up the forms and pour the concrete for the foundation, frame the floor, install insulation, hang drywall and install windows. They had contract help with the foundation, electrical, plumbing and mechanicals. Source: KLC Journal
