Two dates have been set for open houses at the home of Mercer faculty and staff who are already participants in the Down Payment Assistance Program. The open houses are to allow other Mercer faculty and staff an opportunity to view homes that were purchased through the program.

Mercer, in partnership with the Knight Foundation, has expanded its grants to faculty and staff who purchase homes in the newly designated Intown Macon district, which includes the neighborhoods of Tatnall Square Heights, Huguenin Heights and Beall’s Hill, the neighborhoods around the Macon campus.

Since the Down Payment Assistance Program began, 33 faculty and staff have participated and the neighborhoods have been revitalized. Recently, the area has seen much progress, with the addition of two eateries near the Mercer Triangle Center and the creation of the College Hill Corridor Commission, which will further develop the area. The success for the area continued last year, when the Knight Foundation provided a $100,000 grant to match Mercer’s contribution for homes built or rehabilitated in the district.

The new Down Payment Assistance Program now includes the larger Intown Macon district and, thanks to the Knight Foundation, Mercer has been able to increase its matching fund from $5,000 to $10,000, for a total of $20,000, including Knight funds.

Dates and homes to be available at the open houses include:

Saturday, April 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Susan Broome, 1691 Coleman Ave, Huguenin Heights
Yosalida Rivero-Zaritzky, 1256 Shamrock St., Beall’s Hill
Julie Strecker, 1244 Shamrock St., Beall’s Hill
 

Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Aaron Adkins, 1475 Tattnall Place, Tattnall Square
Craig Byron, 1073 Ash St., Beall’s Hill
Julie Strecker, 1244 Shamrock St., Beall’s Hill

For more information about the Down Payment Assistance Program visit http://www2.mercer.edu/DPA/, contact Gina Hall at extension 2787 or hall_gm@mercer.edu.