{"id":2376,"date":"2011-02-22T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/vlcia-speeches-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html"},"modified":"2011-02-22T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:43:59","slug":"vlcia-speeches-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/vlcia-speeches-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA Speeches at Wiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5469139470\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5051\/5469139470_cb1e4a8b99_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nI&#8217;m in favor of solar plants, and it was good to see the participants\nhelping out at the groundbreaking for the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/where-is-the-wiregrass-solar-plant.html\">\nat the Valdosta Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant<\/a> yesterday.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5465985789\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5099\/5465985789_d86d5499a2_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nBut wait! What&#8217;s that behind them?\nSeems like even solar supporters aren&#8217;t all in favor of the\nproposed neighboring biomass plant.\n<p>\nIn this post are videos of the speeches by VLCIA personnel;\nspeeches by other dignitaries will follow.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IPj39CMw97M\">\nBrad Lofton<\/a>,\nExecutive Director of the\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\nsaid they&#8217;ll have a commissioning reception in a few months\n(currently scheduled for <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/turning-on-wiregrass-solar-col-ricketts.html\">\nWednesday 16th April 2011<\/a>)\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IPj39CMw97M\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IPj39CMw97M\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nto which they&#8217;ll invite &#8220;the entire City Council\nand the County Commission.&#8221;\nInterestingly, there was nobody from the County Commission\nat this groundbreaking ceremony.\nThey&#8217;ve said they&#8217;re in favor of biomass;\nare they not in favor of solar?\nLofton says they&#8217;ll also invite\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;&#8230;the governor of Georgia who has about half a million\ndollars invested in this project.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPj39CMw97M\" 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>\nLofton also said:\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;We&#8217;ll go around and if anybody has any comments,\nI&#8217;d like you to make them.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nHm, they never seemed to get around to me.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NMWZb4BzRho\">\nBrad Lofton explained<\/a> that the property for the solar plant\nis owned  by the City of Valdosta and leased to VLCIA and\nthen  subleased\n\n<!--more-->\nto &#8220;our client&#8221;.\nHe mentions the state of Georgia has half a million dollars\ninvested in the project.\nThat&#8217;s the same amount he mentioned for the governor;\nmaybe that&#8217;s what he meant before?\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NMWZb4BzRho\" 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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JmbAkc2cKs8\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/JmbAkc2cKs8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nVLCIA Project Manager\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JmbAkc2cKs8\">\nAllan Ricketts<\/a>\nmade perhaps the briefest speech, basically thanking everybody\nand sticking to the subject of the event at hand.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JmbAkc2cKs8\" 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>\nMost of the people I know are in favor of the solar plant, too.\nCongratulations to VLCIA, Sterling Planet, Hannah Solar, and Georgia Power\non the groundbreaking!\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m in favor of solar plants, and it was good to see the participants helping out at the groundbreaking for the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant at the Valdosta Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant yesterday. But wait! What&#8217;s that behind them? Seems like even solar supporters aren&#8217;t all in favor of the proposed neighboring biomass plant. 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