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Nebraska Inmates to Build Home on Empty Lot in Beatrice

inmatesBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — An empty lot in east Beatrice will soon be the site of a new home built by Nebraska inmates.

Officials from the city, the Nebraska Department of Corrections and the nonprofit Prairie Gold Homes held a ground breaking ceremony Monday afternoon on the site where inmates at Community Corrections Center in Lincoln will build a new home.

The house will be about 1,200 square feet and include three bedrooms, a two-stall garage and a full, but unfinished, basement.

Mayor Stan Wirth says the price of the home hasn’t been set, but that it’ll be affordable. The city hopes to have the house pre-sold before completion.

Prairie Gold Homes’ executive director Renee Bauer says the home is set to be finished by Thanksgiving.

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