Heavy rains could stop Clark Howard’s 16th annual Blitz Build on Saturday.
Green Country Habitat for Humanity and Howard took over the Wilshire Trails neighborhood in North Tulsa to raise the walls on quite a few new homes. More than 200-plus volunteers showed up to help build these houses, and Howard says the Tulsa volunteers are really good at what they do.
“I’ve seen the results. The volunteers here are so good, so enthusiastic. Unlike most other places I volunteer with Habitat, they actually know what they’re doing,” Howard said.
Howard, a national consumer advocate, hosts a one-day Blitz Build event each year, and this year set a new record with walls for 10 homes going up in one day. Previous events saw walls raised for three to four homes at a time.
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols said it was important for him to be there for the build.
“I thought about the significance of waking up on a Saturday morning and having 200 people show up to re-invest back into a community, which is really what being part of Tulsa’s team is all about,” Nichols said.
Howard tells KRMG he’s out helping with the construction to create connections.
“It’s absolutely essential because it builds a stronger connection, emotionally, for me that I’m there building side-by-side like everyone else,” Howard said.
By the time it’s finished, the Wilshire Trails neighborhood will be a 31-home development on 33rd Street North and Wilshire Drive.
