The Field of Dreams community is complete! Eighteen families, with 60 children, have stable futures and safe housing.
Changing Lives
Habitat for Humanity Greater Salt Lake Area provides an opportunity for home ownership to people who had little hope of ever owning a home. Homeownership stabilizes their children's lives, fostering success in school, relationships, and life. Homeownership disrupts intergenerational poverty. We make homeownership affordable by building modest homes, selling them at cost and offering a no-interest, 30-year mortgage, which makes the payments far less expensive than rent.
Partner families invest 225 hours of sweat equity to offset their down payment and learn valuable home-maintenance skills, which is particularly important for people who have always relied on a landlord for repairs. Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity has built or rehabilitated 117 homes in the Salt Lake valley, serving working households that earn 30% to 60% of the area median income. Read about the Cavrag Family, the Amin Family, and an article on KSL.com.
Aerial view of Field of Dreams in July 2024
Building Community
Eighteen families, including 27 adults and 60 children, make the Field of Dreams home today. The remaining two families have been selected and are working on their 225 sweat equity hours. Habitat partner families work together on each other's homes as they complete their sweat equity hours, building community before they move in. The Field of Dreams Community Park is the development's centerpiece, offering a safe and attractive space where children can play and families can strengthen ties. When neighbors are connected, communities thrive.
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Low-Environmental Impact
Did you know that 47% of the Salt Lake Valley's air pollution can be attributed to building emissions? Field of Dreams homes have a lower environmental by utilizing state-of-the-art, high-efficiency design that lowers utility use, utility costs for homeowners, and pollution for our community. Lower utility costs help working families living on a tight budget.
Site History
The property was once home to Camp Kearns, a basic training facility for replacement troops headed to Japan during WWII. Most of the men who trained at Camp Kearns only stayed there a few weeks and were glad to get shipped out, as living conditions were horrible. The camp opened in 1942 and, within a year, helped Kearns become the third-largest city in Utah with 40,000 residents. The camp closed as an active base in 1946, and the buildings and materials were auctioned off in 1948. A group of individuals purchased the 2-acre site and installed Stewart Field, home to Kearns American Baseball. MLB player Brandon Duckworth went to Kearns High School and spent time playing on this ballfield as a youth. However, as other sports and fields began to compete for attention, the ballfield fell out of use and became blighted. Habitat Greater Salt Lake area purchased the 2-acre parcel in 2015.
We are grateful for the support of our Field of Dreams Sponsors
Home Sponsors:
Salt Lake County • SME Industries • Maverick • Wells Fargo • Bank of America • Living Home Construction • George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation • Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation • Veritas
Other Major Sponsors:
Eckman Concrete • Merrick Bank • US Bank • Sorenson Legacy Foundation • Kahlert Foundation • Richard & Shirley Hemingway Foundation
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