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Join the South Central Minnesota Clean Energy Council and Climate Smart Saint James for an evening of learning and conversation. The presentation will feature speakers from the Region Nine Development Commission and West Central Initiative. Each group will share about their respective projects and highlight how rural citizens and municipalities are moving clean energy forward in rural Minnesota. Region Nine’s project is the Convivencia Hispana Energy Navigators, which has partnered with community members in St. James, MN to complete 143 free energy audits and make efficient upgrades in 50 homes. These have included insulation, air source heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and new furnaces. West Central Initiative will share about their Municipal Solar Cohort, which has helped 18 small communities put solar on public buildings through utility rebates, federal tax incentives, and local financing. These projects have been supported by two national funding partners, BuildUS and Resource Rural, who supported these projects because they see them as replicable in rural communities across the country.
