The Newton Housing Development Corporation has grand designs to aid the city in creating and developing new properties, but that doesn’t mean they have given up on some of the current properties in town. 

Last fall, the NHDC allied itself with Habitat for Humanity of Mid-Iowa to create a new program called Rock & Renew. The new program focuses on fixing up and repairing local homes that are either in need of major work or general maintenance.

Habit for Humanity of Mid-Iowa Project Director Doug Garrett elaborates on what this collaboration has in store for the area in 2013.