Leaders say DeKalb County Habitat merged with Upper Cumberland chapter after tornado and pandemic delays
September 24, 2026 | DeKalb County, Tennessee
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At a Smithville groundbreaking, Alex Woodward recounted the recent merger of the DeKalb County Habitat chapter into Upper Cumberland Habitat for Humanity.
"In early 2019, DeKalb County Habitat started the merger discussion with Upper Cumberland," Woodward said, and he described a series of setbacks — including a tornado in Cookville in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic — that slowed local building work and paperwork before the consolidation was completed around 2023–2024.
Woodward said the county chapter's last home in the area was finished in 2021 and that transferring responsibilities to Upper Cumberland was intended to ensure the continuity of local housing builds. He thanked volunteers and partners for helping the chapter resume construction activity in the community.
No detailed funding amounts, specific merger documents, or exact finalization dates were provided in the remarks; those items were described as "finalized in about 2023 2024" in the transcript and are reported here as "around 2023–2024."
"In early 2019, DeKalb County Habitat started the merger discussion with Upper Cumberland," Woodward said, and he described a series of setbacks — including a tornado in Cookville in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic — that slowed local building work and paperwork before the consolidation was completed around 2023–2024.
Woodward said the county chapter's last home in the area was finished in 2021 and that transferring responsibilities to Upper Cumberland was intended to ensure the continuity of local housing builds. He thanked volunteers and partners for helping the chapter resume construction activity in the community.
No detailed funding amounts, specific merger documents, or exact finalization dates were provided in the remarks; those items were described as "finalized in about 2023 2024" in the transcript and are reported here as "around 2023–2024."
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