Podcast feature highlights housing, leadership, and community impact
Midland County Habitat for Humanity President & CEO Jennifer Chappel was recently featured on Success Suite with Sarah Stockford, a podcast series highlighting women leaders making an impact across the Great Lakes Bay Region. During the conversation, Jennifer shared insights on affordable housing, community partnerships, and the work underway to strengthen neighborhoods throughout Midland County.
You can watch the full interview here:
Success Suite with Sarah Stockford | Jennifer Chappel
Housing is about more than homes
Throughout the interview, Jennifer discusses our role in creating opportunities for individuals and families through affordable housing and homeownership. The conversation highlights how housing stability affects not only households, but also the strength of neighborhoods, employers, and the broader community.
As housing challenges continue to affect communities across Michigan (and the nation), expanding access to affordable housing remains an important part of building a community where people can live, work, and thrive.
Leadership through partnership
A recurring theme throughout the discussion is the importance of collaboration.
Whether through volunteers, donors, local employers, government partners, or organizations like the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio, Habitat’s work is made possible through people coming together around a shared goal: strengthening the community through housing. That spirit of partnership remains at the core of everything we do.
Building what comes next
The interview also highlights the momentum behind several initiatives currently underway, including the Humanity Street Neighborhood Development and ongoing efforts to preserve and expand affordable housing opportunities throughout Midland County.
These projects represent more than construction. They are creating new opportunities for homeownership, strengthening neighborhoods, and helping ensure Midland remains a place where people can live, work, and thrive.
Thank you for helping tell the story
We are grateful to Sarah Stockford, 100.9 The Mitt, and the Success Suite podcast for helping elevate the conversation around housing and community development in the Great Lakes Bay Region. We also remain grateful to the volunteers, donors, partners, and supporters who make this work possible every day.
Together, we build strong neighborhoods.