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Category: Borrower Bios
Albany resident transforms vacant buildings into refugee housing
The housing stock near Elk and Ontario is mostly modest two-story clapboard houses, and it was once a bustling family neighborhood on the edge of Swinburne Park. Tim Doherty grew up here, and he still lives here. But over the years, most of his friends and neighbors moved…
Borrower Bio: ReWire Energy starts family business after losing mother
The ReWire Energy story is a family love story of sorts. It begins with a family of seven: Mom, Dad and 5 brothers. In September of 2012 their beloved matriarch passed away. The boys vowed to support each other and stay in touch, just as “mom-mom” would have wanted them…
Albany resident transforms vacant buildings into refugee housing
The housing stock near Elk and Ontario is mostly modest two-story clapboard houses, and it was once a bustling family neighborhood on the edge of Swinburne Park. Tim Doherty grew up here, and he still lives here. But over the years, most of his friends and neighbors moved…
Borrower Bio: ReWire Energy starts family business after losing mother
The ReWire Energy story is a family love story of sorts. It begins with a family of seven: Mom, Dad and 5 brothers. In September of 2012 their beloved matriarch passed away. The boys vowed to support each other and stay in touch, just as “mom-mom” would have wanted them…