Housing Is Filled At Former Nike Missile Installation

Now, two years later, all of the houses are filled again. The nonprofit interfaith organization renovated the buildings with new carpeting, doors, refrigerators and stoves. It rebuilt the street around the houses, which it renamed Faith Circle. And it found buyers for the properties a Men Nike Flyknit Trainer Anti-Fur nd helped them establish a condominium association.

A sign identifying the neighborhood as Rainbow Hollow Homes, A Condominium Community, is expected to be installed at the entrance soon marking the end of the nonprofit group's work and a fresh start for the houses and the first time homebuyers who now live in them.

This symbolizes the completion of the project,'' said Sue Hadge, one of the few members of Manchester Interfaith who will retain ties with the Rainbow Hollow residents.

Hadge or whoever replaces her as Manchester Interfaith's representative on the condominium association's executive board will remain involved in association meetings and activities, primarily to ensure that the houses stay affordable if the homeowners decide to sell.

The corporation, which bought the 13 acre site for $2.27 million, was able to offer the three bedroom houses for under $69,000 because of more than a million dollars in local, state and federal grants and loans.

But as a stipulation, the 35 year old houses had to go to a mix of moderate , low and very low income households. The federal government, which gave the group a $146,700 Community Development Block Grant, required at least half of the houses go to low and very low income families.

Malcolm Barlow, the attorney representing Manchester Interfaith, said the neighborhood has developed into a dynamic community.'' Not only is there a mix of people with different incomes, but 20 percent of the families are in minority groups. Also, he said, they have put together a condominium association that is pure democracy at work.''

They do their own bill collecting, bill paying and they set their own budget,'' Barlow said. They get the things done that have to be done.''

The condominium association, which collects monthly dues of $75, will make sure the communal properties, such as roads and woods, remain in good condition, and that street lights are lit and snow is plowed.

Barlow s nike aid the residents also have started to make minor changes to their properties that make them different.

None of the places look like Army issue,'' he said. They look like individual homes. Some are crisp . . . some are casual, some have little fences and some have playscapes in the back yard.''

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