Can you buy in Channel Cove?

Home Trust of Skagit Director Jodi Monroe and Melissa Luke, executive assistant, are spreading the word that homeowners are needed for the five homes that will be built in their Channel Cove development near Caledonia Street and Maple Avenue. They met with seven interested people July 10 in Mount Vernon to introduce their program.

Monroe is an enthusiastic proselytizer for home ownership, which she notes “is the number one way in the country to build wealth.” They’re not from the government, exactly, but her nonprofit is here to help, she says, acting as a resource to help already qualified ho...