Though I have not been on the list for some time, I felt compelled to post information about a new Project 504 campaign around lead-based paint.
Information is already available at www.nomorelead.org. About 250 Minneapolis landlords will soon have additional information in their mailboxes in the coming few days, with 750 additional property owners notified about the campaign in the next few months. This first group of 256 property owners owns or controls some 1,561 Minneapolis properties, representing 4,528 units in the city. On the web site, tenants, property owners, parents and others can learn more about the campaign, about lead-based paint and childhood lead poisoning, and can download forms, standard leases (with required lead-based paint disclosure language) and other useful information. Importantly, Hennepin County now has (or soon will have) $2 to $3 million in federal funds, to be used primarily for lead hazard reduction efforts, with most of its focus in Minneapolis. Property owners, who own properties built prior to 1950 and who are interested in enrolling and possibly obtaining a significant subsidy to replace old windows and complete 'interim controls,' should e-mail me or sign up at the web site to receive more information once funds come on line. I hope this proves to be a valuable resource to the community, and the web site and its content will grow to include an environmental justice effort focused on the Near North community (though calling attention to how the public found $141+ million to abate sound in South Minneapolis, at no cost to the primarily white and relatively more affluent property owner). More details about that, however, in the near future. My best on the holiday season, Gregory Luce/Project 504 St. Paul REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
