Local home builder breaks ground on charitable project

A small, vacant lot in Plum Creek was the site of a Monday groundbreaking that could be the first step in empowering thousands of entrepreneurs in impoverished countries.

Through a nonprofit called Homes for Hope, local builder Bigelow Homes will build a house, sell it, and donate the profits to Hope International, Homes for Hope’s sister organization that provides loans and support for economically disadvantaged people in foreign count...