January 2019 Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC MEETING
BELLEVIEW AVENUE
MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019
6:30-8:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
Please join us for a public meeting on Thursday, January 17.
2019, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Greenwood Village City Hall,
6060 South Quebec Street for a discussion about future
median improvements on Belleview Avenue between I-25
and University Boulevard. Conceptual alternatives will be
presented at the meeting and public input is being sought
from residents for the final design of the medians.
If you are unable to attend this public meeting and would
like to provide input on future median improvements on
Belleview Avenue, visit Village Voices at
greenwoodvillagevoices.com, our new online community
engagement Website where you can view the concepts and
provide feedback directly to Village staff. Village Voices for
this project will be available for online public input
beginning January 10, 2019.
For more information, please call David Foster,
Parks Project Manager, at 303-486-5786 or email
dfoster@greenwoodvillage.com. GV
FREE RADON
TESTS AVAILABLE
GET YOUR FREE
RADON TEST KIT AT
WWW.TCHD.ORG
More than 50 percent of Colorado
homes have high levels of radon. Why
is that important? Because radon is a
radioactive gas that occurs naturally in
the environment and is the second
leading cause of lung cancer behind
cigarette smoking. In Colorado,
approximately 500 people die annually
from radon-induced lung cancer. In
Arapahoe County, 54 percent of
household radon tests were above the
recommended EPA action limit of 4
pCi/L. In Adams and Douglas
Counties that rate was 56 percent.
The EPA and Surgeon General
recommend fixing homes that have
levels at or above 4pCi/L. Living in a
home with the average radon level of
6.4 pCi/L for a year is like having
more than 200 chest x-rays every year.
That is more than three chest x-rays
per week, per person, per year,
according to the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment. The average price of a
radon mitigation system in Colorado
is $800 to $1,500.
Remember these facts about radon:
• Radon gas concentrations are
highest on the ground level of your
home; you cannot see, smell or
taste it.
• Breathing radon gas can result in
lung cancer. Higher concentrations
of radon in the home increases that
risk.
• In fact, lung cancer kills more
people than breast, prostate, colon,
liver, kidney, and melanoma cancers
combined.
• Radon exposure causes as many as
500 lung cancer deaths every year
in Colorado and 20,000 deaths
around the Nation.
• Greater than 50% of homes in
Colorado have high radon levels.
Although there is no safe level of
radon, it is easy to test your home and
radon levels can be reduced with a
radon mitigation system. Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment is making it even easier
as the department is providing free
radon test kits. Should testing results
indicate radon levels below 4pCi/L,
the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment recommends
retesting every 2-3 years to be sure the
levels haven’t changed.
Limit one per household. While
supplies last. For more information
about radon and how you can fix the
problem, visit our website at
www.tchd.org. Low-income assistance
programs for radon mitigation are
available. GV
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