In an effort to stretch resources and help more families, Anne Arundel's Habitat for Humanity and Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity of Baltimore merged July 1, according to Mike Mitchell, executive director of the new Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. The merger resulted in two layoffs.
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"We had been hearing from donors for at least four or five years that this was something they wanted to see," said Mitchell, former executive director of the Chesapeake Habitat. "We're really excited about it."
One of Arundel Habitat's main projects was in Brooklyn, just over the Anne Arundel County line. In the past few years, the neighborhood along Jack Street has transformed from a rundown city neighborhood to a home for dozens of Habitat families.
But Chesapeake Habitat, which focused on projects in Baltimore city and Baltimore County, was building homes in the Pigtown neighborhood, just a few miles away. Joining forces just made sense, Mitchell said.
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