Here Comes The Sun

Residents have seen the large solar array being constructed just outside of town on Cedarville Road, but few knew who was doing it, or what sparked the project.

The short answer is – the School District is going to pull in some major benefits – thanks in no small part to some creative work by Superintendent Tom Chiles.

"The decision to investigate solar was through quite a bit of marketing to all schools when Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC) became available for federal tax reduction a few years ago," Chiles said. "I started to investigate the value for the school district and if it...