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 wil...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Brad Martin, construction manager for Bigelow Homes, welcomed a crowd of about 40 people on a recent blustery, chilly morning to the groundbreaking for Homes for Hope, a project of Hope International. Standing on the lot donated by the Plum Creek development firm, Martin said, “We ...