Chapter 257: The Saga Continues...
I got a call as I was pulling in the parking lot at the Center from David Perkes who was in the Bay for a meeting and had to come back to Biloxi for another meeting at the City so I turned around and high-tailed it over there for a meeting with our very first clients in the Bay for the HCRC and GCCDS: Hancock County.
When I got there I sat in on the tail end of a meeting with a couple of FEMA officials and then Sherry-Lea and I headed over to meet Loir (their case manager) at Bo and Dee's house (or trailer, rather) to talk about their new home. So Bo and Dee are the sweetest people and somewhat of an institution in Bay St. Louis as they play live music on a regular basis all around the area and have great ties to the community. Their site is going to present quite an interesting challenge due to its slender width of only 24'. Take 5' setbacks into account and that leaves only 14' of design room. Excitement.
After the meeting I headed over to see Lori Gordon and check in on her house and gave her the news that I was going to be heading over to the Bay and grabbed a quick bite and then headed back towards Biloxi with a stop-over at the Creel's.
I was pleased to see the crew there on a lunch break and had a chance to thank them and talk to them about the house a bit after taking some pictures. They were down from Kentucky as I had mentioned before and were there to do the floor and wall framing and get the walls sheathed this past week and they did a great job. We talked about the Coast and the rebuilding efforts and what they have worked on in the past and how they reacted and responded to the foundation and how to strap it all together without pre-drawn details and it was really great.
I also heard back from a promising place in Waveland that could possibly pan out. It's a quick jaunt to the Studio and the two potential roommates that live there now seem pretty interesting. More as it happens...