Summit Habitat for Humanity presented to the Dillon Town Council at its Tuesday, Nov. 18, regular meeting. The local Habitat for Humanity chapter asked the town to contribute to a project it is working on in Summit Cove.

The Soda Creek project will have three buildings, five deed-restricted units and a storage space. Each unit will have two-and-a-half bathrooms and three bedrooms, a northeast-facing entrance, two levels and a southwest-facing deck and walk-out.

Lindsay Newman, a Summit Habitat board member and senior associate at Frisco-based landscape architectural firm Norris Design, said the nonprofit likes the Soda Creek project design because it provides the “next level of living” for Summit County residents.

“One thing that we like about this, and that we’ve seen a lot in the community, is just a lot of desire for homes that have their own three walls and roof,” Newman said. “You don’t have those upstairs neighbors, you don’t have a lot of next door neighbors.”

Executive director Owen Dodd told the council that Summit Habitat is working to sell homes in Fairplay to help finance the Soda Creek project. Dodd said the nonprofit will be able to put $1.5 million towards the project, which is estimated to cost $3 million total.

Dodd said Summit Habitat is working on lowering construction costs and bringing other Habitat for Humanity chapters into the project. He also said other towns have expressed interest in contributing, as has the county, which already donated the land on which the project will be built.

“We need, you know, another $1.5 (million) to cross this finish line,” Dodd said. “I’m not asking for the kit and caboodle tonight, but it would be very helpful if I had support from the town of Dillon,” Dodd said.

Council member Kyle Hendricks said the project seemed like a “great idea,” but he was concerned the town might not have “that kind of money.”

Mayor Carolyn Skowyra suggested the council include the Soda Creek project in a workforce housing strategies session it has planned for a future work session, and the other council members agreed.