Fulton Block Builders Positively Impacts the “Sealright Community”

FULTON, NY – Fulton Block Builders is working with homeowners in what’s been known as the “Sealright community,” according to FBB founder, Linda Eagan.

Sealright was founded in 1883 by Forrest Weeks as the Oswego Falls Pulp and Paper Company in Fulton and prospered for more than a century as one of the city’s main industrial powerhouses that helped Fulton earn the nickname “the city the Depression missed.”

In 1998, Fulton’s Sealright plant was bought by Huhtamaki, “global specialists in food and drink packaging” who still operate in the city today.

The Sealright community is a string of houses in the Cayuga and Utica Streets area, Eagan said.

“All of these houses were built by Sealright for their employees around 1945. They were known as the Sealright Homes,” said Jeanette Davis, one of the most recent homeowners to be presented with a Fulton Block Builder matching grant check.

Jeanette and George Davis moved into their home 42 years ago, where they raised their three children, nurtured five grandchildren and delighted in 5 great-grandchildren.

“This has always been a nice neighborhood and I’m honored to be chosen to be part of Fulton Block Builders. It’s amazing, we wanted to fix our driveway but we weren’t sure we could do it, this program has been a big help and everyone is great!” said Jeanette.

The Sealright community is known for helping one and other, in fact people living here say it’s the “best” area of the city to live in because people are so nice.

For years, it never changed said Jeanette, but lately it has.

“People are in more of a rush, we still help each other but this program is bringing us back together – like it used to be,” she said.

Thanks to the FBB matching grant the Davis’ were able to patch and resurface their black top driveway, bringing a fresh new look to the house.

They are neighbors to the Kasperek’s who also have received a check from FBB, making a nice impact in this area of the Sealright homes.

Once all 23 houses have completed their exterior renovations there will be a transformation that will be noticeable to all.

To learn more about the program, visit the FBB website: https://www.fultonblockbuilders.com/apply/ and follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fultonblockbuilders.

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