Construction on new Kaluza home to start by Oct. 1

YOUNGSTOWN — Joe Kaluza will be getting his new home much sooner than he anticipated.

Thanks to monetary donations of more than $38,000 during The Canfield Fair and pledges of service from contractors all over the Mahoning Valley, workers will break ground on Kaluza’s home by Oct. 1, said Sam Pitzulo, who will be the general contractor.

Pitzulo, of Canfield, said he walked by The Kaluza Project booth during last week’s fair and dropped all the money in his pocket into the bin.

“I got about 50 feet away and thought, ‘I can do better than that.’’

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