Struggling homeowners that have fallen behind on their monthly payments and want to meet with their mortgage servicer face-to-face to create a workable solution for mortgage default are invited to attend the Help for Homeowners Foreclosure Assistance Event.
The event will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Reno Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia Street. There will be no charge for parking.
HUD-approved housing counselors will be available along with servicers and other valuable resources to assist individuals with foreclosure assistance programs, options, and how to avoid foreclosure scams.
The City of Reno has partnered with the City of Sparks, City of Fernley, Washoe County, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for the event.
Please click here for more information about the event and to ensure attendees bring the proper documentation for assistance.
Residents will be able to track the City of Reno’s progress towards decreasing its carbon footprint with a new interactive website.
The Green Energy Dashboard, http://greenenergy.reno.gov, provides detailed information on 11 solar and wind turbine systems that have been installed on City facilities, with new sites to be added in the coming months. In several formats, the Dashboard displays the energy generated by the City’s solar and wind systems, allowing users to select custom date ranges as well as export the data. Residents will also be able to use the data to better predict what they could expect from installing similar systems at their homes or businesses.
In June and September of 2009, the Reno City Council approved a series of energy-efficient projects. The projects encompass solar photovoltaic systems, a wind turbine demonstration program, solar thermal heating systems, lighting retrofits, control systems, and a variety of HVAC upgrades. These projects make up the City of Reno’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Initiative, representing an investment of $19,067,678 in projects. The entire program is funded through a combination of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants, Clean and Renewable Energy Bonds, Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds, Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds, and RenewableGenerations rebates, offered by the local utility, NV Energy. Energy savings, projected at $996,903, will be used to pay off the bonds, making no impact on the City’s general fund.
When all the projects are on-line, the City will save 6,800,000 kilowatt hours and 225,000 therms per year and will lower its carbon footprint by 17,200,000 pounds of CO2 each and every year. The energy projects financed through all of the above mechanisms will be installed and commissioned through April 2012.
Check out the wind turbines on top of City Hall to see how much energy they are creating. The City launched its new web tool “Green Energy Dashboard” that gives current information on how much energy is generated from its solar and wind projects throughout Reno.
City of Reno staff and volunteers organized a local Project Homeless Connect, which is similar to events going on in more than 200 other communities in the United States.
The Reno Police Department’s Victim Services Unit just launched their first newsletter, “The New Hope Times.” This quarterly newsletter is full of great information so please share it with anyone that would be interested.
VSU proudly serves victims of crime, treating them with respect and dignity while responding to their needs and concerns. They educate victims of crime on their rights and are committed to providing the most professional, empowering advocacy possible while assessing each case on an individual basis.
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Posted by: Michele Anderson on April 26th, 2011 
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