HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-18-2015 Item 19 - HarmonFrom: Heidi Harmon [mailto:sacredheart9395@d ahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:55 PM
To: Jan Marx; Christianson, Carlyn; Carpenter, Dan; Ashbaugh, John; Rivoire, Dan; Lichtig, Katie; Olson,
Garret; Gershow, Rebecca
Subject: Neighborhood Matching Grants Pilot Program
Good Afternoon Council,
What could make a citizen be so excited that she will stay until agenda item 19 at tonight's
meeting? Neighborhood Matching Grants, that's what! It would be great to have a
neighborhood block party program that included an emergency preparedness element. We know
that in order to increase our resiliency as a city it is essential to grow stronger bonds within
neighborhoods and to empower citizens with good information to help each other in the event of
a natural disaster. With our changing climate we will likely face more challenges that we need to
be prepared for and this block party program will give us the skills and relationships we need to
face them. This program could be a state or even national role model and may qualify for some
of the increasing money going to climate change adaptation efforts. Please see below for model
program and I look forward to talking with you more at tonight's meeting.
Thank you for being a leader and for considering this program, Heidi Harmon
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