Step Up Bisbee/Naco, a nonprofit in Bisbee, is changing how they build houses to keep their cost low. The houses are ultimately sold to essential workers in the community.

We decided to run an experiment. So we're doing a cost-benefit analysis, said Secretary for Step Up Bisbee/Naco Danielle Boochever.

Theyre building two homes made of Eterna Block, which is created by mixing cement and recycled styrofoam.

"These are styrofoam forms, basically, and block formation, and then the concrete is what holds everything together, said project manager Bill Benson.

The blocks are made in Graham County, helping with overall costs.

We thought, well, if we can get something local, our cement is created, you know, our concrete is made locally," Boochever said. "We can get that in town here, and we c

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