At 9:00AM on September 26, 49 community volunteers descended on Goodbread Lane in the Frenchtown Community in Tallahassee to launch a new phase of the Disaster Resistant Neighborhood program.
	The activities of the day were to fabricate and install hurricane shutters on one of the residences on Goodbread Lane, to remove dieing and dead trees that pose a significant lay-down hazard to residences and to canvas the neighborhood with information regarding the new structural mitigation program.
	THE WORK BEGINS!
	First the windows are measured for hurricane shutters.
	Next the hurricane shutters are put in place
	Once the hurricane shutters are in place they are double checked to make sure they are the correct size.
	Now all that has to be done is for the hurricane shutters to be painted.
	Once cut and fitted the hurricane shutters head to the paint area where each shutter is given two coats of paint.
	As work is being done to fabricate the hurricane shutters, members of several of FSU's Sororities distribute Disaster Resistant Neighborhood materials promoting the new structural mitigation initiative throughout the Frenchtown Community.
	One of the greats disaster hazards in the City of Tallahassee comes from the many trees that can be blown down during high wind events.
	To reduce this hazard the new phase of the Disaster Resistant Neighborhood program provides mini grants up to $1,500 for homeowners to contract to have trees removed.
	Down comes another dying pecan tree piece by piece.
	Throughout the morning of September 26 Goodbread Lane was a very busy neighborhood.
	As 12:00PM approached all the volunteers were treated to all the pizza they could eat.
	EVERYONE ENJOYED THE PIZZA!
	Some of the volunteers who were there to the bitter end are gathered for a group photo.

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