Historical September 1997 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Skinker DeBaliviere Housing Corporation has hired Gary Boehnke to serve as their staff person.
He will be located at the SDCC office. Housing Corporation board members feel particularly lucky to have found Boehnke.
They were able to hire him thanks to an additional increment of Community Block Grant funding funneled through the SDCC. Boehnke grew up in Arizona He has spent a great deal of time working in the supply side of construction, i.e., furnishing materials.
His specialty was hollow metal that is used in steel doors and frames.
He spent over 10 years at this trade.
While he and his family lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Boehnke returned to school to work on a bachelors degree in construction management at Western Michigan University.
He is now completing the last course needed for an applied professional degree from the business college at Western.
While there, He worked with a construction, planning, and architectural firm performing work on the Western campus. Boehnke and his family moved here in November 1996 His wife, Katherine Hawker, is a pastor at Evangelical United Church of Christ in Webster Groves.
The couple have two children. Daughter Winona is 6 and son Micah is 3 Boehnke has been on board with the Housing Corporation for two weeks.
He is working on evaluations of the buildings the Housing Corporation owns regarding long and short-term plans.
He will be involved in the marketing of products and mentioned that a building on the 60xx block of Washington is now under contract for an owner-occupied rehab. Boehnke will be supplying The Times information about Housing Corporation activities for future issues.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1997.
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