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Ribbon Cut for New Home for Veterans
Operation Stand Down dedicated the house on Hartford Avenue on Monday.
Seven homeless veterans can enjoy a new home on Hartford Avenue thanks to Operation Stand Down RI, a group that advocates for and supports struggling and homeless veterans.
The group rehabilitated the house at 1010 Hartford Ave., spending about $1.3 million to convert the two distressed properties into renovated properties. A house and two apartment buildings will be the new home for about six veterans and two families.
The project was funded through grants.
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The project is the agency's sixth in its 20-year-history.
According to WPRO, the homes honor the memory of Jean Louise Mayo, U.S. Air Force; John Arthur Johnson, U.S. Navy; and SPC Ronald E. Blake, U.S. Army, who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1965.
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