Jim Chapman, president of Jim Chapman Communities and Jim Chapman Fine Homes, has been invited by the National Association of Home Builders and Professional Builder Magazine to exhibit an active-adult-styled single family home at the NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS), held in Orlando from January 10-12, 2017.
Through HomeAid Atlanta, and in close cooperation with many vendors and suppliers who are also part of this IBS show home by providing goods and materials, Jim has decided to donate this brand new home to Family Promise of Hall County, one of nine Family Promise affiliates in the greater Atlanta area working to end the cycle of family homelessness, at one-half of the home’s cost of construction.
Jim Chapman Communities, 2017 Professional Builder Show Village at IBS, for Hall County families
The show home, a well-crafted modular home by Nationwide Custom Homes, comes fully furnished with all appliances and fixtures, and will highlight the latest design and construction features available to today’s builders. In Hall County, this home would be listed for approximately $300,000.
‘First, I contacted HomeAid Atlanta to get their expert advice and make sure that our contribution of this turn-key house would benefit the most people,’ says Jim. HomeAid Atlanta, the designated charity of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, is a nonprofit organization that works with homeless service providers and the building industry to build and renovate homes for families and individuals experiencing temporary homelessness.
‘They put us in touch with Family Promise of Hall County, and I am honored to be part of the solution to help homeless children and their families regain stability in their lives,’ notes Jim, himself a father of two young children.
This will be the third home in Family Promise’s Next Step Program and will be called the Spring Street Home. The homes are used by Family Promise of Hall County as transitional homes in the organization’s 90-day program that provides advisement, advocacy, and accountability for families seeking independence.
To realize the Spring Street Home, Family Promise has started a two-month fundraising campaign to quickly raise the monies needed to prepare the lot and pour the foundation for the new home. ‘To be able to use this magnificent donation by Jim Chapman Communities and friends, we need $100,000 by the end of the year so that the house can be moved here right after IBS is over. We would love to welcome our first family ‘home’ in January 2017,’ says Lindsey McCamy, Executive Director of Family Promise of Hall County.
About Jim Chapman:
‘Building Trust. Building Futures.’
Jim Chapman, an Atlanta native, started his own custom home building firm, Jim Chapman Fine Homes, in 1998 after earning an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. In 2005, he began to also build and develop an active adult portfolio under the brand of Jim Chapman Communities. Currently, he is building under both brands throughout Buckhead, Vinings, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Cherokee, Paulding and Douglas counties. His design partner, mentor and father, Jim Chapman Sr., is a well-known Atlanta architect.
Jim Chapman Communities | Jim Chapman Fine Homes
2700 Cumberland Parkway, SE, Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30339
770-434-3602 telephone | 770-560-9167 cell
www.jimchapmancommunities.com| www.jimchapmanfinehomes.com
About HomeAid Atlanta:
HomeAid Atlanta, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit organization that builds new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach. HomeAid works in partnership with the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, as well as community building industry organizations, to assist people experiencing temporarily homelessness. To date, HomeAid Atlanta has completed over 60 housing, remodel and care day projects at locations that serve victims of domestic violence, teen mothers, abused and abandoned children, and more. Learn more at www.homeaidatlanta.org.
About the Next Step Program:
The Next Step Program provides affordable housing opportunities to graduates of the Family Promise program. There is an affordable housing crisis in Hall County and it is the number one obstacle to long-term success. By providing low-rent housing options for eligible families, the likelihood that they will achieve long-term success increases greatly.
Lindsey McCamy, Executive Director
Family Promise of Hall County
770.535.0786
www.familypromisehall.org
James B. (Jim) Chapman
President, Jim Chapman Communities | Jim Chapman Fine Homes