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While driving through Panola County, Mississippi, you pass through the farm and industrial areas.
Azar: “We have a lot of manufacturers here in Panola County…We are very proud of it…very blue collar… a lot of welding, a lot of engineering, a lot of manufacturing.”
But Joe Azar of the county’s economic development organization hopes drivers will also notice the latest addition to the landscape: the solar panel field.
Solar Farm is one of three companies his team has developed in partnership with local utilities, and a company called Clearloop.
These devices provide enough clean electricity to power about 3,000 homes.
They are funded by more than 30 companies that invest in them to offset their own climate impacts.
The projects signal businesses that Panora County is a forward-looking community that will work with them to achieve their climate goals, Hazard said.
Azar: “We really try to serve our industry and keep them strong and keep them here and let them reinvent themselves.”
So, he said, the highly visible solar farms on the interstate convey an important message.
Azar: “That field speaks for our community, for our county, for Mississippi. I believe.”
Report Credit: Sarah Kennedy/Chavobart Digital Media
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