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HOME SWEET HOME: With the help of hundreds of community members and their own hands, the Owens family will soon have a home to call its very own
(Charlie Mauk / H & T Photographer)

While painting, decorating, and home fix-ups may be what many homeowners dread, they are exactly what Randy and Patricia Owens are looking forward to when they become homeowners later this year.

The Owens family will be the beneficiaries of Holston Habitat for Humanity’s third building project in Jonesborough, a three-bedroom home, set to break ground at 791 Bacon Branch Road this Saturday.

Patricia Owens saw a story about Habitat for Humanity and its home-building projects in a magazine and applied to the program.  More...
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