Daily update: Carter Work Project progress

In 2023, we continued the legacy of the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Charlotte, North Carolina!

Future homeowners built alongside hundreds of volunteers and hosts Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to construct 27 affordable homes in the historically significant West Charlotte area, which was once a thriving African-American neighborhood.

The week’s efforts were part of a project Habitat Charlotte Region has been working on since 2021.

See the daily progress we made below!

Build day 5

Oct. 6

CWP23 build site on the morning of day 5

Morning

CWP23 build site on the evening of day 5

Afternoon

Build day 4

Oct. 5

CWP23 build site on the morning of day 4

Morning

CWP23 build site on the evening of day 4

Afternoon

Build day 3

Oct. 4

CWP23 build site on the morning of day 3

Morning

CWP23 build site on the evening of day 3

Afternoon

Build day 2

Oct. 3

CWP23 build site on the morning of day 2

Morning

CWP23 build site on the evening of day 2

Afternoon

Build day 1

Oct. 2 

The construction site is ready for volunteers on the first morning of the 2023 Carter Work Project

Morning

A photo of an early build site, some walls are erected.

Afternoon

See more from the build!

Future homeowner speaking to CWP volunteers in front of American flag and poster of Mrs. Carter.
Volunteers walking through build site with wheelbarrow of hardhats
Volunteers working at the 2023 Carter Work Project
Future homeowner and volunteers working on Habitat house
Volunteer using a saw
Two volunteers on the build site in the early morning
Several volunteers talking on a construction site, surrounded by scaffolding.
Back of volunteer's hardhat bearing a collection of stickers
Smiling volunteer with arms outstretched in front of in-progress house
Wide view of construction site with volunteers hammering plywood over the boards of a platform.
Volunteers working on a Habitat house
Volunteers working on a Habitat house
volunteers cutting siding at CWP23
view of CWP23 build sites on overcast day
Volunteers listening to a homeowner speak in front of her future home
Habitat volunteers cutting a pipe
Assembling the framing of a Habitat house
Partially built Habitat houses
Construction volunteer giving safety instructions next to a saw
Volunteers lifting wooden framing on build site
Encouraging messages written on the wooden boards of an in-progress home by volunteers.
Wide view of construction site with some volunteers standing on completed wooden base while some work on assembling another part of the home.
Volunteer working on Carter Work Project 2023
CWP volunteers at build site

Explore more about the Carter Work Project!

  • Historical marker with information on the Plato Price School.

    Building a thriving neighborhood where a segregation-era school once stood

    Carter Work Project volunteers lend a hand to the Charlotte community’s work building a thriving neighborhood at the historic site where an all-Black, segregation-era school called Plato Price stood. The once-empty lot is being transformed into an affordable, vibrant neighborhood with single-family homes, walking paths, nature areas and a community meeting space. 

     

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