NeighborNews Archive

For years, NeighborWorks Waco identifies community leaders and funds leadership-development initiatives for those individuals. After participating in capacity-building and leadership trainings, this team of outstanding community members selects a project that they...

By Roy Nash, President and CEO This past year will certainly go down in history as a most unusual one with the pandemic and all.  And for the housing industry, the answer is very clear – where we live has never been more important!  People have certainly spent more...

By Delfina Velasquez, NeighborWorks Waco's Board Chair As we have received notice from our State’s Governor to reopen business at 100%, we remain cautious, focused on safely opening our office doors to in-person meetings. Many of us miss the interactive gatherings...

Amazon dominated the online shopping space long before COVID-19, but shelter-in-place and work from home orders have increased online shopping exponentially. Many households are buying necessities online and having items delivered right to their door, but online...

NeighborWorks Waco builds incredibly beautiful homes across the Greater Central Texas area. We can build to suit your needs and we sometimes build homes with no preplanned purchaser. Recently, we completed a sustainably and beautifully built 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom,...

Enduring the global COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us into new ways of conducting business. Webinars and virtual meetings have all but replaced in-person gatherings and conference calls. There are odd moments when watching a movie where I struggle to...

Much is being made of the current price of lumber. Building homes has becoming increasingly more expensive throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of headwinds, including but not limited to trade tariffs, decreased production, destructive wildfires, and more...