SEQUIM — A town hall meeting this week will take residents’ input on downtown neighborhood needs.
The meeting concerning the city’s downtown neighborhood revitalization program is sponsored by the city in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County.
It will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in City Council chambers at the Civic Center at 152 W. Cedar St.
Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County has selected the city of Sequim as a Neighborhood Revitalization focus location and has allocated $5,000 from private donations and fundraising efforts for the Sequim project.
In addition to the funding provided by Habitat, the Sequim Sunrise Rotary has approved a $3,500 grant, which the Rotary Foundation district community grant will match to total $12,000 for neighborhood revitalization in Sequim.
Typical Habitat Neighborhood Revitalization projects include weatherization, critical repair and rehabilitation of residential properties.
Habitat traditionally helps low-income people build and own their own homes.
While new home construction continues to play a vital role, a bigger toolbox that includes repairs and other services allows Habitat to serve more families, according to the group’s website, www.habitatclallam.org.
Labor for the projects will come from qualified Neighborhood Revitalization applicants, Habitat volunteers, Sequim Sunrise Rotarians and volunteers from other Sequim community groups.
Habitat for Humanity will conduct a “Saturday Survey” from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 19, with volunteers going door-to-door in the neighborhoods west of Sequim Avenue between U.S. Highway 101 and Fir Street to evaluate neighborhood needs.
For more information, contact Joe Irvin, assistant to the city manager, at 360-582-2457 or jirvin@sequimwa.gov.
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Sequim-Dungeness Valley Editor Chris McDaniel can be reached at 360-681-2390, ext. 5052, or at cmcdaniel@peninsuladailynews.com.