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Castle in the Clouds; Granite State Scenic Railway; Hammond Wheeler Realty; Lakes Region Community College; MedCheck Urgent Care; 104.9 The Hawk, Lakes FM 101.5, & Mountain Country 97; Owl’s Nest Resort; Plymouth Orthopedics & Sports Medicine; Vader Security; Wa- terville Valley Resort Association; and Workflō Consulting.
Registration for the event is available now at centralnh.org. The event is open to the public and attendees do not need to be CNHCC members to register.
For information about the 2025 Travel & Tourism Seminar, related sponsorship opportunities
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or exhibiting at the event, contact Matty Leighton at director@cen- tralnh.org or (603) 969-7271.
About Central NH Chamber of Commerce
As a non-profit, non-gov- ernmental agency, the Central NH Chamber of Commerce advocates for, connects, and em- powers entrepreneurs, business owners and organizations within a 23-town region. Through strong community partnerships, programs and events, the Cham- ber (a non-profit, non-govern- mental agency) and its volunteer Board of Directors contributes to building a vibrant and innovative business community. Visit www. centralnh.org for more informa- tion about the Chamber.
About Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Strategically situated in the heart of New England, Manches- ter-Boston Regional Airport is located less than fifty miles north of Boston, Massachusetts, and less than an hour’s drive from the region’s most popular ski areas, scenic seacoast beaches and peaceful lakefront resorts. MHT is an award-winning airport named in Travel + Leisure, USA TODAY, and TravelPulse. MHT is served by American Airlines, Avelo Airlines, Breeze Airways, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Air- lines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Coun- try Airlines, and United Airlines. For more information, visit www. flymanchester.com. For media inquiries, call (603) 624-6349.
Plymouth Solar Array Ribbon Cutting
By DoNNa RhoDes
PLYMOUTH – On Dec. 16th, the Town of Plymouth was excited to cut the ribbon on a new solar array dedicated to providing elec- tricity to all municipal buildings in the town, including the town hall, fire and police facilities, the library, highway department and even power sent to the transfer station. Built with assistance from many state and federal grants, the array will save the town as much as 70 percent a year in its electricity. In just year one, the town has already seen $22,000 in revenue (after loan and insurance expenditures)
from the array, and the Plymouth Energy Commission is currently in the process of applying to the Build Back Better Plan to help cover construction costs.
The new solar power facility is located on Quincy Road, across from the Plymouth airport, where the celebration got underway that day.
Grace Garvey, outgoing chair of the Plymouth Energy Commis- sion, greeted everyone that morn- ing as she spoke enthusiastically about the process for the approval, financing, and construction of the project. She also spoke about the steps it will take toward a goal of net-zero emissions in the town.
She explained that the town began talk of creating a solar array for municipal facilities nearly 10 years ago. Their biggest question was what would be appropriate for the community. Sometime be- tween 2019-2020, the PEC finally said they needed to either “build it or kill the idea altogether.” The vote was to move forward with it.
In 2023, they presented a war- rant article at the March Town Meeting, where it overwhelm- ingly received voter approval to continue their research and seek a qualified company capable and willing to take on the project.
Along came Barrington Power Company, a contractor well- schooled in the industry.
Ted Vansant represented BPC at the ribbon-cutting celebration and was proud of both Garvey and Plymouth Town Manager Scott Wedon, along with the many other PEC members. Weden, he said, was always prompt in re- sponding to communications and always provided Barrington Power with answers to any questions they had. Vansant then went on to praise Garvey for all her research into solar energy, finances, munic- ipal government, and even some technical research into electricity.
Also among those he singled out was Plymouth Airport Man- ager Colin McIver. The town de- termined that the best site for the array would be on a piece of town- owned property directly across Quincy Rd. from the airport. McIver pitched in by keeping that land mowed as crews from Bar-
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