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T his rambler at 11635 Xavis St. N.W., Coon Rapids, is the latest vacant/for eclosed home to be purchased for r emodeling and sale by the Coon Rapids Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) through the Home for Generations progr am. T here will be a pre-construction open house Sunday, F eb. 19, noon to 3 p.m. Courtesy of city of Coon Rapids http://abc new s papers.com/2012/01/27/remodeler -hired-f or-home-f or-generations -project/Februray 28, 2012 Remodeler hired fo r Home for Gen eratio n s p ro ject by Peter B odley Managing Editor A contractor has been hi red by the Coon Rapi ds Housing and Redevelopment Authori ty (HRA) to remodel the fi fth home acqui red by the ci ty as part of its Home for Generations program. The Home for Generati ons program was launched in 2009 to purchase vacant/foreclosed, older, di fferent-style si ngle-family homes in the community, rehabi litate them and then sell them to recover the HRA ’s costs, not to make a profi t. The purpose has also been to demonstrate to resi dents owning older homes in the city how remodeling projects can update their home to modern standards. Since then four older homes have been purchased, remodeled and sold. The fi fth home is a 1960 rambler at 11635 X avi s St. N.W., whi ch was vacant and foreclosed when purchased by the HRA for $86,000 last year. Legacy Homes Inc. will do the remodeli ng, but before the company starts work, a pre-constructi on open house has been scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 19, noon to 3 p.m. At that resi dents can see the condi tion of the home before remodeling takes place. Another open house wi ll take place midway through the remodeling process,. Then once remodeling is complete, a seri es of open houses will be scheduled when the ci ty puts the remodeled home on the market. Accordi ng to K risti n DeGrande, ci ty nei ghborhood coordinator, the goal i s to have the remodeli ng complete by May 1. Requests for proposal for the remodeli ng work were sent to some 180 area contractors. The contractors were requi red to attend one of three open houses that ci ty staff hosted at the Xavis Street home before thei r proposal could be considered, D eGrande sai d. “The purpose was for contractors to see what the home looks li ke and get ideas for remodeling before submitti ng a proposal,” she said.