Currently Building
Habitat is currently building at several sites around the county:
Emerald Hollow Phase 2: completion of site work and Landscaping in Trumbauersville
The Stitchery: Three 2 bedroom condos complete, 3 remaining condos 85% complete in Perkasie Borough
Liberator Street: A single 1652 sq ft, 4 bedroom home in Bristol Township; under construction with a completion date of mid-August 2010
Colonial Avenue: Four townhomes in Bristol Township; under construction with a completion date of mid-December 2010
Scroll down for details on the above current building sites.
Habitat is currently evaluating several sites in the county:
New Street: Quakertown Borough, adaptive reuse, seven townhomes in a renovated factory/office building, letter of intent filed under review.
Front Street: Quakertown Borough, adaptive reuse, eight condo units and eight townhomes in a renovated office building, currently under feasibility study
Pennsylvania Avenue: Croydon, 12 single home sub-division, currently under feasability study.
Giant supermarket: Middletown Township, adaptive reuse and new construction, 28 condo units and 28 townhomes, currently under feasibility study.
Three-lot sub-division: Falls Township, currently under feasibility study.
Click below for project details:
Emerald Hollow Phase Two
Currently, we are finishing work on the second phase of the 73-home community of Emerald Hollow in Trumbauersville and Milford Township, PA. The community boasts 15 acres of open space with walking trails. It’s recognized as one of the largest and most innovative Habitat projects in the Northeast. We are gearing up for the completion of several site issues:
- Detention basin and install of permanent outlet structure - need window of opportunity of 5 days without rain
- Detention basin plantings - planting will be complete following the Basin completion
- Access road and paver completion
- Riparian corridor tree planting - COMPLETED
- Final sewer inspection and repairs/ site contractor scheduling with township
- Top coat roads/ after all major site work complete
- Tree replacement/ after township engineer walk through
- Final township inspection and punch list phase 1 and phase 2
The Stitchery
This homebuilding program located in Perkasie Borough represents Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County’s first ever “adaptive reuse” project. The building is located at 815 Chestnut Street in a mixed use community; there are several row/townhomes on the block, some single homes, one apartment building and three factories that have been converted into office buildings. > See photos of The Stitchery on our Flickr page.
May 19 building report
- Parking lot scheduled for resurfacing in Mid June
- Landscaping and trees completed the week of May 10th
- Units A, C & D are complete and scheduled for settlement mid June
- Units B, E & F are currently 85% complete and are being held for fill in work or will be completed as families are chosen into the program.
History of the building
Brothers Ed and Walt Hubbert learned to stitch covers on Major League baseballs while employed by the A.J. Reach Co. in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Perkasie, PA around 1920, the Hubbert brothers made a stitching arrangement with Spalding to begin a small baseball business in Perkasie.
All Hubbert family members and most relatives were soon stitching baseballs in the Hubbert home at 142 North Main Street in South Perkasie and as neighbors joined, the house filled with stitchers. An addition was made to the home, but the volume of work soon required a larger facility. This building at 815 Chestnut Street became the new baseball factory, employing 50 stitchers that worked at the factory and about 300 home workers -- all of whom looked forward to the annual visits from the Philadelphia Phillies who came to Perkasie to see how their baseballs were made.
In 1950 the Hubbert/Spalding major league stitching contract expired. Dave Hubbert (son of Walt Hubbert) developed a much improved softball which could be used in the developing major U.S. sport. Dave Hubbert marketed his new softball through a small New York firm called Dudley Sports Co. For 18 years, a home work force of 150 people stitched Dudley softballs in Perkasie. In 1968 Hubbert Ball Co. merged with Dudley Sports.
The Dudley softball went on to become the most popular softball in the United States. Sales reached up to 6 million balls a year and the total work force numbered 1000 employees for Dudley Sports located in the Pennridge area and in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and Vidalia, Georgia. In 1990 Spalding purchased Dudley sports, and in 2000, the building became the Pennridge Senior Center.
Liberator Street
In November 2009, Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County was awarded one full home sponsorship by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for the 2010 calendar year. This project began in March 2010 with the goal to provide a decent, safe and affordable home for one low-income family in Bucks County.
May 19 building report
- Foundation repairs: complete
- 1st floor framing: complete
- 2nd floor deck: complete
- 2nd floor walls: started on 5/14
- We will be adhering to the Thrivent build schedule set forth in their agreement and will only have site staff on the project when Volunteers are scheduled. This schedule should save roughly $20-25k in site labor cost for the entire project.
- Final home sale cost will be $110,000
Colonial Avenue
Colonial Avenue in Bristol will have four, beautiful and "green" townhomes built from the ground up to the following specifications:
- 3 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom
- Eat-in kitchen
- Living room
- Laundry room
- Homeowners’ Association
- Underground storm water retention basin, rain gardens and pervious driveways
- Formaldehyde-free spray foam insulation
- ENERGY STAR®-rated windows, exterior doors, appliances, CFL light fixtures, ceiling and exhaust fan
- Low VOC paints and adhesives
- Green-labeled carpet and flooring
- Water-saver plumbing fixtures
May 19 building report
- Site clearing: complete
- Footings: complete
- Foundation walls: complete
- Plumbing rough in: started 5/13
- Pad prep and back fill: start 5/17
- Home sponsor, Dow, has build days scheduled for May 26 and 27
