In 1984, the former President and First Lady Rosalynn Carter conducted their first week-long Carter Work Project with Habitat for Humanity at the six-story, 19-unit Mascot Flats apartment building, then a burned-out shell located at 742 E. Sixth St.
Three years later, 19 families moved into their new homes. Carter returned to visit the building in 2013.
The street co-naming ceremony will take place today at 2 p.m. at the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Avenue D. Residents will share memories of working alongside the Carters and discuss the ongoing importance of affordable housing.
Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100, and his wife led the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project for Habitat for Humanity for more than 30 years, inspiring 100,000-plus volunteers to build, renovate, or repair 4,447 homes in 14 countries.
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