Tom Manning-Beavin, President & CEO of Frontier Kentucky (KY)

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Frontier Housing President & CEO Tom Manning-Beavin is leading the DreamBuild initiative to address the severe housing shortage intensified by the 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods. Using modular construction techniques developed by Texas-based nonprofits cdcb and bc Workshop, DreamBuild reduces construction time from several months to just 45 days and aims to lower costs by a […]

From Rescue to Respite

This image shows an older couple standing proudly in front of their home, smiling and arm-in-arm. They’re posed on the front porch, framed by white railings and a clean, well-maintained house exterior. Their expressions radiate warmth, stability, and a sense of belonging—capturing a moment of pride and comfort in their place of residence.

There was no time to think. The walls buckled, and the trailer split like kindling, water rushing through the gaps. It swallowed their furniture, their photographs, the life they’d built together. Clinging to each other, George and Sherry tried to stay upright in the torrent, their feet scraping for anything solid beneath the rising current.