KNOX HERITAGE PRESENTS THE MONTHLY PRESERVATION NETWORK, OCTOBER 10, 2009
Leigh Woodcock of Tennessee Lead Action Elimination Program is Guest Speaker
Knox Heritage presents the next installment of the monthly series Preservation Network on Saturday, October 10, at 10:00 a.m. Preservation Network is held at the Time Warp Tea Room, 1209 N. Central, in Historic Old North Knoxville. It is free and open to the public.
Preservation Network’s October session features Leigh Woodcock, a local representative of the Tennessee Lead Elimination Action Program (TN-LEAP). Ms. Woodcock will lead a discussion on identifying and controlling lead-based paint hazards in historic homes.
TN-LEAP formed when Middle Tennessee State University, through its Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Studies, received a 2006 U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control grant award. The award was to identify and control lead-based paint hazards associated with private residential housing to prevent the poisoning of children less than six years of age. Control of lead paint hazards may include stabilization of peeling and chipping paint, replacement of windows that generate lead dust when opened or closed, and soil abatement of contaminated soil containing lead particles. The 2000 Housing Census tells us over 1.3 million homes in Tennessee may contain lead based paint hazards with potential to harm occupants.
Preservation Network is a series of free workshops held once every month on the second Saturday. Many people have dubbed this the “support group for owners of old homes,” and in many ways this is true. In a relaxed round-table setting with coffee, smoothies, and other goodies, the workshops have presented guest speakers who are specialists in windows, flooring, roofing, stained glass, tile, plumbing, electrical, and more. Other guest speakers have included those in real estate sales or appraisals, or city codes and zoning officials discussing historic overlays and building requirements.