Prairie Gold Homes Groundbreaking

Friday, August 14, 2015

Bruce Baker/McCook Gazette

Community leaders, housing development representatives and Prairie Gold Homes staff members joined McCook Work Ethic Camp leadership and residents for a groundbreaking ceremony at 1604 East I Street in McCook, Thursday afternoon. A class of eight WEC inmates began excavation at the location earlier in the day as part of the PGH inmate-training, home construction program.

WEC inmate Ethan Ollson operates a backhoe with fluid efficiency after receiving his first instruction on the equipment earlier in the day. (Bruce Baker/McCook Gazette)

WEC inmates Jeff Poloncic, left, and Drew Frost, right, recap construction plans with WEC Warden Pam Morello. (Bruce Baker/McCook Gazette)

WEC Warden Pam Morello huddles up Prairie Gold Homes first full-size class of eight, just prior to a groundbreaking ceremony at the East I Street job sight, Thursday afternoon. (Bruce Baker/McCook Gazette)

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Changing lives of the inmates. Expanding the tax base. Creating needed homes. Great program.

-- Posted by dennis on Fri, Aug 14, 2015, at 3:03 PM

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