Home for Generations
The City of Coon Rapids kicked off its Home for Generations program early in 2009. This program demonstrates to residents how to remodel older style homes to meet the needs of today’s families all within a modest budget.
"One of our housing goals is to promote reinvestment in our existing neighborhoods," said city manager Matt Fulton. The city will do this by purchasing vacant, bank-owned properties and work with a contractor to determine what work should be completed. Re-using materials and shopping at liquidators and re-use centers will be methods encouraged to residents for their own projects and will help to keep the cost of this project reasonable.
Each of the homes selected in the Home for Generations program will be open to the public for a Pre-Open House before construction begins and an Open House midway through the construction process. Once the construction has been completed, there will be several Open Houses scheduled to showcase the finished home to existing homeowners to demonstrate what they can do to invest in their own homes, and also to new homebuyers attracting them to buy in Coon Rapids.
The second Home for Generations home is located at 12924 Crooked Lake Boulevard NW. The home was purchased through a short sale for $109,000 and closed on Thursday, April 22nd. The Homes for Generations staff have been working with the bank since September 2009 to purchase this property and they are ready to begin renovations.
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12924 Crooked Lake Blvd Exterior
Downstairs and Kitchen
Entryway Stairs and Open House
The house is a 1979 split-entry home and consists of 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms - with just over 2,000 square feet of finished space. The Pre-Construction Open House was held on May 2nd.
The first Home for Generations home was a small Orrin Thompson rambler, so being able to demonstrate to homeowners how they can renovate, update and re-invent their 1970s and 1980s split entry homes will be a great opportunity. Basic plans include creating a master suite on the upper level, removing a wall in the living area to create an open great room and enhancing the entry way to include more space and a main level laundry room. Work will be performed by Lennox Builders.
For more information, call the Neighborhood Reinvestment Division at 763-767-6517.
Staff Directory
- Kristin DeGrande, Neighborhood Coordinator
763-767-6517 or E-mail - Michelle Posch, Housing Inspector
763-767-6575 or E-mail - Leya Drabczak, Housing Inspector
763-767-6420 or E-mail - Adam Mitlyng, Code Enforcement Tech
763-767-6596 or E-mail - Code Enforcement - 763-767-6470
- Weed Complaints - 763-951-7200