In Union County, the high school’s construction program was just restarted six years ago.
Now, Union County Schools CTAE Director Charlie Cattanach says that the community gets together for a sendoff parade for their home constructed for the local Habitat for Humanity.
“We have amazing community support in our area,” Cattanach said. “Like you mentioned, Rex Rental, since Panther House One they have been letting us use a scissor lift free of charge. Many of our local industry partners are heavily involved.”
Dubbed “Panther House #3” for it being the third consecutive year of the high school’s construction students building a home and having it delivered, Habitat for Humanity supplies all of the materials for the school.
The home was built in the 2024-25 school year and it has become almost a tradition to deliver it right as the next school year is starting.
“There’s people standing in town waiting for it to go by,” Cattanach said. “It’s a great feeling as we’re moving this house to see so many people come out to see it off.”
Cattanach said that the class does all of the framing, siding, and roofing on the home. They also do roughly 90% of the electrical rough-in, and roughly 40% of the plumbing rough-in.
Union County School Police, the Blairsville Police Department, and the Union County Sheriff’s Office were among the departments assisting in moving the home on Thursday. They shut down portions of U.S. 76 and Young Harris Street at around 9 a.m. for around 30 minutes to get the home to Gumlog Road off of Murphy Highway.
“We feel very fortunate that we have this opportunity with our local habitat to do this,” Cattanach said. “The students really deserve a lot of recognition for this, many of them are very proud of what they do with these projects.”
Cattanach said they have already gotten the go ahead to start on Panther House #4, and will probably be starting it next week.
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