Home repairs to be featured topic at Westminster

A representative of the Rural Development division of the USDA will be the guest speaker for the next meeting of the PMPA Westminster Task Force. Everyone is invited at 6 o’clock Thursday evening, March 15 to the city fire department to hear Kimberly Newman speak on single-family home repair loans and grants. Under the program Section 504 Home Repairs, loans are offered to low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards. Grants are available to the elderly for the same purpose. At this meeting, you can learn about the application process. According to Councilwoman Susan Ramey, task force organizer, other guests at the meeting will be Daja Dial of the Oconee Economic Alliance and PMPA officials Coleman Smoak and Steven Roark.