Tuesday ARRA Weatherization Hearing - H’burg
This in from our partners at PA VOICE and League of Young Voters Education Fund.
| Urgent! Please consider attending this meeting on Tuesday and testifying in support of using weatherization capacity to: improve the quality of jobs created, develop more robust career pathways for workers, bundle weatherization work in specific areas and allow for weatherization of multi-family housing. Governor Edward G. Rendell announced this week that the commonwealth’s proposed plan for federal weatherization assistance funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now available online and will be open to public testimony, May 5, during a hearing in Harrisburg. Written comment is also encouraged. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide $252.8 million to Pennsylvania over three years for the state’s weatherization assistance program, which is designed to help low-income households decrease energy consumption and costs while increasing their comfort, health and safety. The commonwealth received 10 percent of its grant award on March 27. The public hearing will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, in Hearing Room 4, Plaza Level, of the Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North St., Harrisburg. Additional information on the hearing is available on DCED’s Web site, newpa.com. Anyone who wants to provide public testimony can contact Yvonne Adams at 717-787-1984 to be scheduled. Written comments may be submitted to Jameseeta Reed, director, Center for Community Empowerment, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North St., Harrisburg, PA 17120 until 5 p.m. on May 5. Weatherization Assistance Program suggested policy asks:
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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by Pat
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