Peninsula Habitat
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Current Projects:
Lincoln Ave, Redwood City
Future Projects:
Daly City
Resale Homes:
Gloria Way, Redwood City
Completed Projects:
Commercial Ave, So. SF
- Dedication Feb 2008
- Kick off Sept 2006
San Bruno Ave, Brisbane
Glen Parkway, Brisbane
Plumas Ave, Brisbane
Brisbane Projects: Historical Perspective
De Long Street, Daly City
Habitat Way, Daly City
Rolison Rd, Redwood City
Hope Court, Redwood City
Gloria Way, East Palo Alto
Single Family Homes
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- (Redwood City &
Menlo Park)
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Dedication
San Bruno Ave & Glen Parkway, Brisbane
Peninsula Habitat For Humanity
Celebrates 100 Homes!
On September 8, 2007, Peninsula Habitat for Humanity held a "Rally for Affordable Housing" and dedication event celebrating its 100th home - a major milestone in the organization's 18 year history. Designed to raise awareness about the local housing crisis, the rally featured community leaders and officials from local, county and state government as guest speakers, including San Mateo County Supervisors Jerry Hill and Adrienne Tissier, Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Emmett D. Carson, CEO and President, and California State Assemblymember, Ira Ruskin, 21st District.
 "The supply of affordable homes in our county is shrinking," said Supervisor Jerry Hill. "With the median home price in San Mateo County in the $800,000 range and the average monthly mortgage around $4,000, what family can afford to own a home in San Mateo County? Certainly not those who work in the service industry."
 Following the rally, Peninsula Habitat dedicated its 99th and 100th homes. The event marked the completion of Peninsula Habitat's Brisbane project, which included five homes on Plumas Street that were dedicated in May and the two newest homes on San Bruno Avenue and Glen Parkway. With congratulations from Mayor Steve Waldo and more than 200 others in attendance, the new owners of the homes - the Batres and Dimitrov families - received their keys at the event and were visibly overjoyed.
"My family is one of the families that considered themselves unable to buy a home on the open market," said Eleonora Dimitrov. "We are a family whose dream to own a home in Brisbane would not have become a reality without Peninsula Habitat for Humanity. And today we are here to celebrate something very remarkable in the history of our family, and that is our home."
 Spencer Christian, weather forecaster for San Francisco's ABC7 News at 6, co-host of The View from the Bay, a live one-hour local entertainment program, and former national weather forecaster for Good Morning America, lead the event as master of ceremonies.
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