Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 20, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnik Fri Dick morn 2000 Phil Hossack free press harvests Susan Swatek Centre thanked pampered chefs Carla Kim Ranson for gift More working poor require Winnipeg Harvest says a tradition of generosity by Janelle Law Winnipeg finest Holiday tradition has nothing to do with maxing out your credit card or having one too Many drinks at the staff Christ Mas party its our outpouring of generosity toward the and while the Good news this year is that the need for assistance has Only increased by one per cent from last the bad news is an increase in the amount of working poor who need according to Winnipeg Harvest executive coordinator David North figures indicate that of the Esti mated Homes per month in on third of them Are the working were glad the need Hast drastically gone up from last said yet its not Good that theres a Rise among the working it seems to show that even though they Are earning its not enough to sustain them and their unfortunately its a growing people Are getting off welfare and getting but these jobs Are not paying enough to sustain a healthy Standard of Northcott said that a single working Mother has to put in 90 hours a week just to stay above the poverty through their continuing Cam Winnipeg Harvest Hopes to alleviate the pressures of those less fortunate this Holiday one such Campaign lending a hand to Winnipeg Harvest is Roundup from the organized by pampered chef a direct sales com Pany of Kitchen yesterday Kim senior director of pampered presented a Cheque to Winnipeg in thrilled that the company is doing said its a wonderful through the company partner ship with the Canadian association of food the donations Are distributed to member food Banks in the area from which the funds original in this Winnipeg and Harvest is pleased to be a this donation is a delightful sur said its such a neat it brings Cash into the and were delighted to be a part of another program currently run Ning is the friends in need Holiday special at the Radisson hotel Winnipeg if you have friends and family coming into the City for the holidays and no place to put there is room at the from 24 to you will receive a room rate of and from each reservation made will go to according to Radisson hotel Gen eral manager David the response has been so so and space is still right now we have plenty of rooms said but we still have another week to go and i think there will be a lot of last minute the hotel Aims to raise Over and Harvest says this trans lates into Worth of Gro Northcott is thrilled that the hotel is lending a helping not Only is the Radisson helping those in said but they Are also providing an Opportunity for local families and their friends who need an affordable place to stay Over the for further the friends in need Holiday special or to make a Call the Radisson at 204 take a peek at what your Home is Worth assessment department to provide estimates based on 1999 Market values by Bruce Owen Winnipeg homeowners will get a sneak preview of what the City thinks their Home is Worth next starting every residential Homeowner will get a letter from the property assessment department out lining the 2002 general assessment and providing a preliminary estimate of value of their Home based on 1999 mar Ket Brian director of the property assessment said the City is making the information available Early the official assess ment notice will be mailed out in june to reduce confusion and unnecessary weve got nothing to Moore our Job is to put an accurate value on real were just trying to be As available As the other thing the City is trying to avoid is another costly assessment fiasco that Shook City Hall about six years it was discovered then the system was in a mess with some people paying too much property taxes and others not pay ing the City lost million in assessment appeals in 1996 and a total of million during the previous few Moore was hired More than three years ago to clean up the department after lawyer John Scurfield tabled a report condemning How the City ran one of its most essential Moore said yesterday assessors Are currently finishing up collecting Market information on about Homes to establish values for the 2002 reassess updating the last assessment which was based on 1995 Market he said the assessment department has made great strides toward being More equitable and in willingness to Dis cuss issues with homeowners before any problems for the City will have a series of open houses from mid january to Early april to meet As Many Hometown weve got nothing to hide Brian director of the cites property assessment department ers As possible to review their assess the assessment department has divided the City up into six and there will be three Day open houses in each a list of the meetings will be attached to the we want to give the taxpayer a Chance to sit Down with an assessor and Moore we want to encourage people to come out an talk to us so it reduces the need for an the assessment is a tool to determine what your property taxes should based on area Home Market the City has to do a reassessment every four years under Law to make sure everyone pays a fair share of Moore if your assessment does go it Doest mean youll by paying More property taxes in property taxes Are set by City Council during their budget and mayor Glen Murray has already promised a two per cent property tax reduction in the final year of his push to reduce taxes six per cent Over three starting in homeowners will also be Able to find out information about their and How they compare to their on the assessment departments web site the site will also allow computer users to make an appointment with an assessor in Case they believe theres a mistake with the cites Peter spokesman for the Winnipeg real estate said for the most part assessors Are doing a capable Job this meeting with Board members to get accurate Market info there doing a 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