Volunteers, affordable housing advocates, neighbors and others will join West Tuality Habitat for Humanity for a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, April 13, 10 a.m. to noon at the new Countryman Estates in Forest Grove. It is the local Habitat affiliate’s most ambitious project to date. The public is invited to attend.

Representatives from West Tuality Habitat for Humanity presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to architect Kerry VanderZanden in appreciation of 30 years’ service with the Forest Grove-based nonprofit. VanderZanden has designed every development project and home built by West Tuality in the last 30 years – 27 homes in total.

West Tuality Habitat for Humanity & its ReStore are nominated in several categories in the Forest Grove News-Times Readers Choice poll for 2023.