Build a house, get a scholarship

Local group offering scholarships for houses to certain families in La Crosse

Build a house, get a scholarship.  That’s a promise, the La Crosse Promise, actually.

It’s a community development plan that will also provide money for young people in certain neighborhoods to attend college.  

Jerilyn Dinsmoor, the executive director of La Crosse Promise, says several lots have been set aside in the target neighborhoods for families to buy to build new homes. 

A family will have to stay in the house at least four years, for the kids to qualify for scholarship funds of up to $50,000. There are seven lots available right now, priced anywhere from $5,000-7,000.