Green Options » school retrofits http://greenoptions.com/tag/school-retrofits Posts tagged 'school retrofits' Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Spending the Stimulus Money – What to Expect in LA http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/spending-the-stimulus-money-%e2%80%93-what-to-expect-in-la/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/spending-the-stimulus-money-%e2%80%93-what-to-expect-in-la/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:43 +0000 Cassie Walker http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/spending-the-stimulus-money-%e2%80%93-what-to-expect-in-la/ There’s more than $50 billion coming your way, Californians!

That’s the amount that the California Budget Project expects the State and its residents to receive. The goal is the creation of 400,000 jobs, many of them “green jobs”. The funding comes none too soon, since California’s unemployment rate hit 10.5% in February.

But how will that money be spent in Los Angeles? The Green LA Coalition and the Liberty Hill Foundation seek to answer that question on Friday, April 3rd at “The Federal Stimulus: What it means for Los Angeles and the Environment”.

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