Built America Magazine | West
They came with $500 and a suitcase each. That’s how Oleg begins the story—not with blueprints, not with branding, but with a memory. A memory of a family arriving in America in 1990 from Ukraine, with hands built for craft and hearts built for legacy. His father, a cabinetmaker by trade, couldn’t speak the language. But his skill spoke volumes. “He went to school right away to learn English,” Oleg says. “And within a year, he had a job with a local remodeling company. Everything here—the tools, the systems—it was all new to him. But he learned. He adapted. That’s where it all began.” It began in a garage behind their home in Salem, Oregon. A modest cabinet shop born out of resilience, not ambition. And it grew, year after year, until it became something more. Something called Foksha Homes. Not Just Building Homes — Building Forward Foksha Homes isn’t the result of a singular vision. It’s a story of slow, deliberate evolution. Of a father and son walking into construction side by side, one with sawdust in his blood, the other with business in his bones. 67
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