{"id":2360,"date":"2011-02-28T10:53:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/we-welcome-solar-power-to-the-city-of-valdosta-and-lowndes-county.html"},"modified":"2011-02-28T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:53:01","slug":"we-welcome-solar-power-to-the-city-of-valdosta-and-lowndes-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/we-welcome-solar-power-to-the-city-of-valdosta-and-lowndes-county.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We welcome solar power to the City of Valdosta and Lowndes County&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ss9h7N1hIhc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/ss9h7N1hIhc\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAfter all the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/protesters-police-and-press-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html\">\nprotesters, police, and press,<\/a>\nrepresentatives of\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/vlcia-speeches-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html\">\nVLCIA,<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/sonny-murphy-talks-at-solar-groundbreaking.html\">\nSterling Planet,<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/hannah-solar-at-wiregrass-solar-groundbreaking-21-feb-2011.html\">\nHannah Solar,<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/georgia-power-at-wiregrass-solar-groundbreaking-21-feb-2011.html\">\nGeorgia Power,<\/a>\nand the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/mayor-fretti-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html\">\nCity of Valdosta<\/a>\ndid finally break ground for\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/where-is-the-wiregrass-solar-plant.html\">\nthe Wiregrass Solar power plant.<\/a>\nI asked Col. Ricketts for a shovel, but he just snorted.\nHere&#8217;s the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ss9h7N1hIhc\">\ngroundbreaking video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ss9h7N1hIhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nWiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011,<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.<br>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5469694291\/in\/set-72157626106415432\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5011\/5469694291_908aac09c7_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nCol. Rickets also handed out water to prrotesters and small children.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5470287540\/in\/set-72157626106415432\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5095\/5470287540_1c58b55104_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nHe even gave me some water.\n<p>\nHere is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/wiregrass-solar\">\nmore about the Wiregrass Solar plant.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After all the protesters, police, and press, representatives of VLCIA, Sterling Planet, Hannah Solar, Georgia Power, and the City of Valdosta did finally break ground for the Wiregrass Solar power plant. I asked Col. Ricketts for a shovel, but he just snorted. 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