Officials to announce new initiatives within Green Impact Zone

What:   U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and Green Impact Zone officials will announce new initiatives for energy conservation and home rehabilitation within the Green Impact Zone:

• Launch of the Green Impact Zone Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program
• Transfer of properties from Wells Fargo Bank to the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council for neighborhood rehabilitation
• Neighborhood stabilization funding

When:  Monday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m.
Where: The home of Renette Riley, 4336 Flora Ave., Kansas City, Mo. There is ample off-street parking on 44th Street, which is just south of the home.
Who:    U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
David Warm, MARC executive director
Anita Maltbia, Green Impact Zone director
Representatives from Wells Fargo Bank
Other Green Impact Zone partners

There will be opportunities for media interviews with key stakeholders and program partners after the event, as well as video footage of actual energy audit work inside Riley’s home.

For more information on the Low-Income Weatherization Program, visit www.greenimpactzone.org/energy or contact Michelle Martin, Green Impact Zone LIWAP Senior Coordinator at 816/701-8268 or mmartin@marc.org.

For more information on the Wells Fargo Bank Transfer, contact Danny Rotert, communications director for Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, at 816/842-4545 or danny.rotert@mail.house.gov.