Thrive celebrates completion of housing project
Thrive West Central and the City of Terre Haute, presented over $77,000 to Wallace Building Contractors. The builder constructed eight homes on College Street through Thrive's Homes for the Future Program.
Thrive West Central celebrates new housing development
Assisted through funding from the city's ARPA funds, this money will help the builder offset infrastructure costs. That fund is used as an incentive for homebuilders and developers to construct new homes in the area.
'This is a phenomenal program. I think we're up to 288 housing units created here within the city of Terre Haute alone and that is somewhere around a $66 million private sector investment into our community and throughout the year of 2025 and 2026, we will continue to see those numbers just escalate,' said Ryan Keller CEO of Thrive West Central.
Officials also say all eight homes built in this project are already sold.
The first home is complete in Brazil as part of Thrive's Homes for the Future project
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