Tearing Down Community Opposition To Teardowns

Builder donates profits on teardown project to homeless charity.

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March 10, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A Glen Ellyn-based builder is putting a new spin on the trend of razing houses to build bigger ones with an eye toward generating money for a nonprofit group providing transitional housing. R. Whalen Builders Inc. had a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for an upscale, two-story house it's building..."

Thanks to Joel Strassman

FULL STORY: Builder's fund-raiser will give housing teardown good name

Sunday, March 9, 2003 in Daily Herald

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