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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 05 > Little work so far from stimulus grant

Little work so far from stimulus grant

NeighborImpact says federal wage rules are to blame for delay, and it's not alone

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 5, 2010

Almost a year after NeighborImpact found out it would be awarded $1.48 million of stimulus funds to weatherize 228 low-income homes, only 12 homes have been finished.

As of earlier this week, the Redmond nonprofit has spent about $87,000 on those dozen projects, according to Corky Senecal,....

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