When Homeward Bound Villages broke ground on Karwick Village back in March of 2025, we asked the community to look ahead to what would be built: homes for families and a community that could grow with stability and sustainability in mind. Today, six families call Karwick Village home. Phase 1 is complete, occupied, and standing as the first cooperative affordable housing community in La Porte County.
Karwick Village stands today as a testament to community, partnership, and the belief that together we can build something amazing. The companies, partners, and sponsors who sign on to Phase 2 aren’t taking a leap of faith in an unproven idea; they’re joining a project with a completed first chapter and a roster of partners who would do it again.
Here are the people who turned plans into homes for Phase 1 of the Karwick Village build. We are highlighting them to show the vast network of skills needed and sometimes given at a discount or as a gift in kind that made Karwick Village possible. While not every company was able to give, all went well over and beyond due to their belief in this project.
Pavey Excavating handled the groundwork, the literal foundation, everything else was built on. Site preparation for an affordable housing build has zero margin for error downstream, and Pavey Excavating set the project up to move forward.
A&T Concrete delivered concrete and paving, the durable bones of the community: the slabs, the drives, the walkways residents now use every day.
Jimmy Pressel: served as our project manager, the person keeping trades, timelines, and the inevitable surprises of construction moving in the same direction. On a mission-driven build with a tight timeframe, that coordination is everything.
Shem Kahlil at Global Engineering brought the engineering rigor that affordable housing demands, delivering designs that are sound, code-compliant, and built to last for the families who’ll live there for years.
Molly Hannon of Paladin Design House shaped the exterior design, ensuring Karwick Village reads as a place people are proud to call home, with a community-friendly aesthetic. That dignity-in-design matters to who we are.
Meyer Glass and Mirror supplied the windows for the first 6 units at Karwick Village. The difference between a building and a home is that a home is bright, warm, and efficient.
Jeff Roberts Painting Company brought the finishing work that turns a white box into a place you want to walk into.
Why This Matters for Phase 2
Every one of these partners now has something most contractors never get from a single job: a visible, community-celebrated result they can point to, knowing they helped make it possible. Phase 2 Karwick Village offers that again, and more.
Partnering with Homeward Bound Village on the next phase means:
- Keeping investment local. These are La Porte County dollars creating La Porte County homes and jobs, an economic impact that stays here.
- Building something people see. Affordable housing done with care earns attention, gratitude, and visibility that ordinary contracts simply don’t.
- Building Legacy. These homes aren’t just affordable for now; they’re forever affordable, meaning that these homes will always bring stability, community, and a beautiful place to call home.
An Invitation
To the contractors, trades, engineers, and designers reading this: the partners above built the proof. Phase 2 is where the next group of builders writes their name into a community that’s still growing.
If you want your work to mean more than the next invoice, if you want to point at something and say I built that, we’d like to talk. Contact us to learn about the Phase 2 partnership and the fundraising effort making it possible.
