I have been working with the Jamestown Housing Authority for months to try to pull together emergency funding to replace their heating system. Amazing news that the funding came through! Grateful to Senator Jack Reed Senator Sheldon Whitehouse & Congressman David Cicilline for their help w/ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
We still have work to do to get the funds needed to complete this project and I am committed to helping them close the funding gap. This project has been extremely illustrative of the program & funding gaps to ensure that our elderly population has housing that is safe, warm and dry.
This project is not only going to update the dangerous and archaic electrical systems throughout the property, but it's going to transition the entire system from a delivered fuel heating system to an electrified heating system with support from solar panels.
I would love to see this project expanded to become the hub for a Jamestown mini-grid that could serve the vulnerable population AND critical island services, including the fire station, school, town hall, & police station. Lots of opportunity here for resiliency & climate adaptation.