Audubon homeowners rallied together to make the Community Energy Services residential program a huge success. Over 100 homeowners joined forces and attended recent workshops to learn techniques to save money and energy in their homes.

Audubon homeowners are now eligible for Minnesota Federal Stimulus rebates of up to $10,000 on qualifying home energy improvements. These funds are available in conjunction with a Minnesota Fix-Up Fund loan through the Center for Energy and Environment. Funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Program details include:

Energy Saver Rebate

The Audubon Neighborhood Association and the Center for Energy and Environment invite you to participate in a unique one-stop energy program. Please consider helping to promote this great opportunity to your neighbors.

Community Energy Services, CES, is an easy, one-stop program designed to help homeowners reduce their energy use and save money in their home. CES includes:

The 2010 Minneapolis & Saint Paul Home Tour is looking for homeowners and home improvement professionals who would like to put their homes on the Tour. Nominations and applications are due Thursday, January 21, 2010, and early submissions are encouraged. The Tour, in its 23rd year, will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25, 2010.

Learn how to reduce your energy use and save money! The Audubon Neighborhood Association has teamed up with the Center for Energy and Environment, CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy to offer Audubon homeowners Community Energy Services, CES, a full service residential energy program.

A public hearing will be held on September 10 at 1:00 pm in Room 317 of City Hall, 350 S. 5th St., on the proposed demolition of the property at 2536 Polk Street NE. The Nuisance Condition Process Review Panel will hear an appeal of an order of the Director of Inspections to demolish this property. You may present testimony at the hearing on the alleged nuisance.

Launching in early 2010, the Community Energy Services (CES) program will give Audubon homeowners the chance to be among the first Minnesota residents to participate in a new full-service residential energy program!

Minneapolis is already an active, walkable community, but there is more to do to make our city a better place to walk to work, to enjoy street life, and to stay active.

The City of Minneapolis housing inspections staff plan to inspect of parts of Audubon Park beginning in June to address property maintenance violations. Neighbors are reminded to keep their properties in compliance with city ordinances and report code violations by calling 311 or online.

Audubon Park is an eligible neighborhood under the Minneapolis Advantage program. The program offers a $10,000 deferred loan to buyers of foreclosed properties.

These are the properties in foreclosure in Audubon Park, as of March 20th, 2009: