Pictured from left to right are Housing Opportunities, Inc. Executive Director Vicky Dayton, USDA Rural Development State Director Chuck Banks, home recipient Jessica Schmidberger, home recipient Amy Arnold and her son Alex, home recipient Emily Wenke and her daughter Kailee, Wenke's mother Barb Wenke, and USDA Rural Development Community Development Manager Brandon Prough breaking ground for seven new houses to be built in Great Bend. Housing Opportunities, Inc., a non-profit agency located in Great Bend, is administering this project through Rural Development's Mutual Self-Help Housing Program. (Photo courtesy of Great Bend Tribune)