Luis Menendez with Tunnel to Towers

Tunnel to Towers: Providing Housing for America’s Heroes

Luis Menendez, director of construction at Tunnel to Towers Homeless Veterans Program, joins host Carol Morgan for this week’s Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio episode. In this podcast segment, Menendez discusses the upcoming Atlanta Veteran Village. Tunnel to Towers founded its Homeless Veterans Program in 2022 with the goal of ending Veteran homelessness nationwide. The foundation recently broke ground in Mableton[...]

Women in Restaurants Hosts Working Day at Comfort Farms

Women in Restaurants Hosts Working Day at Comfort Farms

Women in Restaurants, an organization dedicated to empowering women in the culinary world, recently hosted a working farm day at Comfort Farms. Attendees experienced a day full of learning, connection and fun. Sponsored by Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles and terra alma, this event offered members a chance to learn planting and harvesting techniques while actively participating in gardening by repotting seedlings. “Digging in[...]

A veteran with his wife and daughter living in one of the top cities for veterans

Atlanta Featured on Top 15 Cities for Veterans

Adjusting from the military to everyday civilian life can be difficult for veterans and their families. From desirable jobs to quality healthcare providers, many factors play into finding the perfect city for veterans seeking an area to seamlessly transition from their current lifestyle. In a recent study by Coworking Café, Atlanta ranked number 14 on the list of top 15 cities for[...]

Jason Redman with New American Funding joins the studio

New American Funding Partners with Veteran Homebuyers

New American Funding Regional Sales Manager Jason Redman joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss unique loan products for military borrowers. Redman joins host Carol Morgan for the All About Real Estate segment. With 21 years of mortgage experience, Redman’s background also includes working as a police officer with experience as an instructor, dog handler and SWAT officer.[...]

New American Funding Helps Veterans Achieve Homeownership

New American Funding Helps Veterans Achieve Homeownership

Atlanta’s Best New Homes Show recently welcomed Loan Consultant Cory Miller with New American Funding. Miller joined this segment of Mortgage Minute sponsored by New American funding to discuss helping buyers with mortgages and loans. Miller dives deep into specifically helping veterans achieve homeownership and VA loans and what the process looks like. Cory Miller is a seven-year US Army veteran[...]

Operation Homefront

Operation Homefront and Meritage Homes Award Mortgage-Free Home

Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) and Operation Homefront joined together to thank two local veterans for their dedication and service. Shandrika and Juval Shreves' family was presented with a  brand-new, energy-efficient home as part of the Homes on the Homefront (HOTH) program. On November 7, timed with Veterans Day, U.S. Marine veterans Shandrika and Juval Shreves, along with their two[...]

Operation Homefront

Military Couple Selected for Mortgage-Free Meritage Home

Operation Homefront selected an Atlanta-based, dual military couple for a mortgage-free Meritage Home. Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) and Operation Homefront recently announced that the Shreves family has been selected to enter the Homes on the Homefront (HOTH) program and will receive the keys to a brand new, energy-efficient home in Canton, Ga. The family will be welcomed into the[...]

operation homefront frame signing

Meritage Homes Hosts Operation Homefront Frame Signing

Meritage Homes staff and construction partners, as well as Operation Homefront staff, community residents and others were on hand on August 1 during an Operation Homefront frame signing event to give the future resident of an Operation Homefront positive wishes for their new home. Meritage, a leading U.S. homebuilder, will donate the home through Operation Homefront to a veteran later this[...]

Operation Homefront

Meritage Breaks Ground on Operation Homefront Home

Meritage Homes breaks ground on an Operation Homefront home for a veteran. Photo Caption (L-R) Elizabeth Scott, Area Manager for Operation Homefront, Mayor of Canton Gene Hobgood and Jonathan White, Atlanta Division President for Meritage Homes break ground on a home at The Vistas at Towne Mill that Meritage Homes will donate through Operation Homefront’s Homes on the Homefront program. A perfect[...]

Meals on Wheels Atlanta

Meals on Wheels Atlanta and The Home Depot Foundation Team Up to Help Senior Military Vets

The Foundation will donate $1 million to nonprofit’s home repair program this year Meals on Wheels Atlanta announced its 2019 Senior Military Veterans Home Repair program, an initiative being funded by The Home Depot Foundation. The program will provide major repairs for an estimated 55 senior veterans in the 11-county metro Atlanta region. The Home Depot Foundation will also engage Team[...]