Williamsburg City Council candidate Sean Driscoll donated time and materials to William & Mary/Housing Partnerships housing project on Jamestown Road.

Two weeks after the College's Office of Community Engagement and Scholarship (OCES) and Williamsburg-based Housing Partnerships, Inc. (HPI) teamed up to build a house on Jamestown Road everything has been moving on schedule, despite some heavy wind and rain. Passersby can now see that what started as mere woodblocks on Jamestown Field have morphed into the full fledged frame of a small house.

This week, the house's trusses and roof were being assembled, and students worked to make sure that nails around the house were spaced more than three inches apart as required by James City County building codes.

The majority of the house is being constructed on-campus but will be moved to its final James City County location on April 24th where finishing touches will be made. [Read more at the W&M website]