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How this local program helps lower cooling costs and improve health for local residents

Tommy Allen, project manager for Ninth District Opportunity Inc., prepares a blower door Monday, July 1, 2019, to test the weatherization efficiency on a North Hall County home. - photo by Scott Rogers

07062019 WEATHERIZATION 7.jpg — Tommy Allen, project manager for Ninth District Opportunity Inc., prepares a blower door Monday, July 1, 2019, to test the weatherization efficiency on a North Hall County home. - photo by Scott Rogers

The sticky air, almost suffocating humidity of Georgia’s summers can take its toll on anyone.