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The City of Modesto Neighborhood Preservation Unit (NPU) has launched a new program called Volunteers
Assisting Code Enforcement (V.A.C.E.). This City/community partnership was formed to empower neighborhoods
to make Modesto a better place to live. V.A.C.E. is a proactive enforcement program designed to address the specific
code enforcement needs of neighborhoods.
V.A.C.E. targets junk and debris on properties, tall weeds, fences in ill repair and other blight issues affecting
neighborhoods. Volunteers are neighborhood residents who receive training from NPU in the identification of
code violations. Volunteers then go back into their neighborhoods to identify and report gross violations of code
to the City.
V.A.C.E. groups are starting to form all over the community to address the blight facing neighborhoods.
If your neighborhood is interested in starting a V.A.C.E. program, contact the NPU at
(209) 571-5810 or e-mail
blippert@modestogov.com.
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