The Levee Road Housing development celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 28, with Tribal Council and the PTOI Housing Department honoring the new homeowners and presenting them with their keys.
“We are opening up new housing for our membership. Housing that was paid for by our Tribe,” Chairman Bill Sterud said. “It wasn’t paid for by the U.S. government or the state of Washington, it came from us.”
Located near the Little Wild Wolves Youth and Community Center on Levee Road, residents and community members gathered to see the development in person and share in the celebration. These houses were built by Tribal Members for Tribal Members and were fully funded by the Tribe, marking the first completed project by Tahoma Construction Services, the Tribe’s construction company…