Crockett residents receive new homes

Six Crockett residents are the proud recipients of four new homes built for them free-of charge under the auspices of the recently established City of Crockett HOME program that partnered with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund and administer the construction of the homes. Representatives of GrantWorks, Inc., a grant management firm, assisted Crockett officials in managing the construction of the homes. Above, two of the new home recipients—Jessie Laverne Owens, second from left, and Ethel Sherman, third from left—are joined by Mayor Dr. Ianthia Fisher and City Administrator John Angerstein, who congratulated the new home recipients and welcomed them and the other new homeowners to their new dwelling placess at a reception shortly before taking a tour of Owens’ new home on North Foster Street. (PHOTO BY ALTON PORTER|HCC PHOTO)