Merritt McCully gazed from a window inside the Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church at the coming fruition of the congregation’s vision — a new, affordable housing complex.
Over the years, members of the Hidden Valley church on West Sugar Creek Road have witnessed how the lack of decent housing often hinders many families from finding a permanent place to live.
That will change for some families without homes once construction on Sugree Place, a 51-unit complex, is completed.
The church is among a budding group of faith-based organizations who are taking matters into their own hands to create more affordable housing — places that also connect future families with needed access to health, community and other social services.
“We need to look at solutions that come from a community level,” McCully, executive director of Mayfield Memorial Community Development Corporation, said. “This is one of those solutions.”
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