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Article: HER HOME IS HER "CASTLE'; PROGRAM FIXES HOUSES AND MAKES THEM MORE AFFORDABLE; OWNER WAITS TO BUY DINING ROOM TABLE.(Real Estate)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2004
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Byline: PATRICIA CORBETT CONOLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sheila Jones has reason to be proud. After living in apartment complexes her whole life, the 41-year-old single mother purchased her first home through Home Headquarters Inc.'s First Time Home Buyer program.
"This is my castle," said Jones, who hasn't stopped working on her new house since the day she moved in, May 2, 2003.
The green 1920s-era house with curved detail along the roof line is at 107 W. Borden Ave., near the corner of South Salina Street.
Jones, who works a block away from her home as director of the Kirk Park Seals Community Center with the City of Syracuse Parks and ...