“Take Pride in the Cape” is the newest program created by a group of civic volunteers in Cape Coral, FL. The program recently reached a huge milestone when it completed cleanup of it’s 300th foreclosed and abandoned home.
Volunteers have been working together to clean and repair Cape Coral homes abandoned by their owner’s after bank foreclosure. The group is made up of various citizens who worked for the city and have seen the Cape Coral real estate market collapse first hand. The volunteers organize every Friday, clearing out 16 properties per weekend.
The market may still be down, but these locals refuse to let their own gulf coast home values be ravaged by the many foreclosed houses left to rot after the homeowners were forced out by banks who are unable or uninterested in maintaining the properties themselves.
