The Athens Area Habitat for Humanity hosted a solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website.
A Micah’s Creek sign during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Mayor Kelly Girtz speaks during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Mayor Kelly Girtz speaks during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Workers and participants stand in front of a new construction during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Diane Brantley, executive director of Lydia’s Place, speaks during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Spencer Frye, executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity and Georgia state representative for District 122, speaks during Habitat’s solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Spencer Frye, executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity and Georgia state representative for District 122, speaks during Habitat’s solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Tahjai Fair, one of the first homeowners at Micah’s Creek, poses for a portrait inside a home during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Fair said she was forced to move to Athens with her daughter Ammara in 2023 after she lost her place to stay in Jonesboro. She said she came to Athens only knowing she could live with a family member for two weeks, but she then found an apartment and later applied for a home at Micah’s Creek for her and her daughter. “Once this opportunity came to me, it was just really a blessing and exciting because it’s the opportunity to build a home for her future and mine,” Fair said. “She’s my little baby, and she’s just a beautiful light,” she said, smiling while talking about her 10-year-old daughter. “I want her to know how to be strong and resilient in her life and just know that whatever she wants out of this life, if she puts her mind to it, she can achieve it.” (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Micah’s Creek during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
A sign during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
Participants and workers carry a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
John Brantley, former linebacker at the University of Georgia and husband of Lydia’s Place executive director Diane Brantley, signs a solar panel during the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity solar barn raising event at Micah’s Creek in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Solar panels were placed onto new constructions that will go to Lydia’s Place, an organization that will use 15 of the homes at Micah’s Creek to provide housing for students in Athens who have experienced foster care or homelessness. Habitat will continue allocating the rest of the homes as they’re built to “families earning below 80% of area median income,” according to their website. (Photo/Evan Frilingos; @frilingos.photos)
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