APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) — The Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity officially kicked off their Rock the Block event for a historic downtown Appleton Neighborhood Thursday morning.
Ryan Roth is the Director of Community Development for the Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity, and he’s excited to get the event underway.
It’s an exterior revitalization event,” Roth explained. “We come together and we complete exterior repairs, meaningful, impactful repairs for low income families.”
The projects this year are focused around the area of Columbus School near downtown Appleton.
“We call it historic central Appleton,” Roth said. “There are about 400 residential properties in the neighborhood. We’ll be doing over 25 projects starting in September.”
Rock the Block began in 2015 and has completed more than 430 projects to date.
