Habitat Humanity Restore Finds New Home

Story by Everett Brazil, III/Staff Writer

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It is a busy day at the A&B Floors & More building, just north of the Ponca City High School campus on Seventh Street, which is now the new home of for the Ponca city Area Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore. Inside are racks filled with household items, things homeowners could put to work in their own home, from appliances and lighting to furniture and yes, even flooring. Customers are busy looking for that perfect item to put into their own homes. Through a network of hallways and nooks and crannies, the treasure hunt continues, eventually spilling into the back room, where items are coming in, waiting for someone to catalog them and place them on a shelf for new homeowners to pick them up. All proceeds from money raised here will be used to help yet another family find a place to love and call their own.
The business was formerly located off Grand Avenue, at First and Central, dwarfed by the historic Robin Hood Flour grain elevator. Stan Brown is a volunteer at the store, helping customers with whatever questions they might have. He ducks into a small, quiet office at the back of the store to discuss their new location, and how much better it is compared to the original.