The Land-of-Sky Regional Council offers it congratulations to several WNC communities recently awarded ARRA energy grants.  Land-of-Sky staff and its Waste Reduction Partners engineers are proud to have played a role in providing technical assistance and guidance to several of the grant recipients. Awards included:

• Hendersonville, Main Street Energy Grant (State Energy Office), $52,200
• Morganton, Main Street Energy Grant (State Energy Office), $101,995
• Spruce Pine, Main Street Energy Grant (State Energy Office), $66,938
• Morganton, EECBG (State Energy Office), $118,622
• Valdese, EECBG (State Energy Office), $200,000

WRP staff and volunteers continue to work with local governments, community colleges and K-12 school systems to provide energy audits, building assessments, energy plan development, and grant-writing assistance for energy-related projects as a SEO-approved technical assistance provider.