In fall of 2010, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis began construction on our first planned development, Trinity Park. The 38-home community is located in the Oakhaven Neighborhood on East Oak Side Drive, just south of Memphis International Airport. Trinity Park is slated for completion in Spring 2012.

Habitat’s development team consisting of Smith-Western Consulting and The Pickering Firm designed the community to blend with the existing neighborhood and to include sustainable enhancements such as landscaped green space, tree-lined pedestrian walkways and a centrally located resource center. Each home will be built to green standards and will meet MLGW’s EcoBUILD requirements, resulting in a 33 percent energy savings. All homes will be accessible by wheelchair and fully handicap accessible homes will be built for families with demonstrated needs.

Homes will be sold to qualified low-income families who would otherwise have no hope of owning their own homes. Habitat will make no profit on the homes and will charge no interest on the mortgages. Construction costs will be kept to a minimum due to the utilization of volunteer labor, thereby creating the most economical means to affordable homeownership. Mortgage payments will be used to help build additional homes.

The $3,000,000 project will benefit the Memphis community by means of creating jobs, generating additional real estate tax revenue, providing additional support of existing retail and service oriented businesses and from the stability Habitat homeowners bring to the neighborhoods in which they live. Every homeowner candidate is thoroughly screened and is required to complete Habitat’s 15-week homebuyer education course which was introduced in 2005.

We hope that you will join in our efforts to help build a better Memphis, one brick at a time!

Special thanks to our Trinity Park sponsors, without whom the neighborhood itself would not have been possible! The City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc., The Plough Foundation, Phil and Trina Chamberlain and Jerry and Bobbi Gillis.