On Saturday, November 16th, 2019, McDonald Building Company (MBC) hosted a volunteer event “Porches that Pop” nearby the New Market West development located at 59th and Market Streets. 30+ volunteers from the New Market West construction team volunteered to complete repairs and exterior upgrades to ten nearby homes as a “thank you” to the nearby residents for their patience during the last few years of dust and noise among other disturbances. Volunteers fueled up on breakfast before the day’s work, and Councilman Jones kicked off the morning with a welcome message to volunteers and community members. The work included wire-brushing and painting porches, landscaping, and window cleaning as well as some concrete repairs.
MBC is committed to working with every resident who applied to participate in Porches that Pop and plans to be back again in the spring to complete work at the remaining homes.
President Paul McDonald says, “We can build a solid project...on time, within budget, no punch list, and hit all the high marks, but if we don’t leave the community surrounding the project better than we found it, we haven’t done our job. Thank you to all who contributed to the success of Porches that Pop.”
Volunteer Crew
Before & After porch paint
Before & After porch paint
