Orion team members went door-to-door to more than 100 homes residing within a 1/3 mile of the nearest proposed solar site offering information on the proposed project, while handing out invitations to an open house. Orion representatives enjoyed meeting neighbors of the project and discussing the Orion Solar Neighbor Program. We believe it is important that neighbors meet us and hear about the project directly from us rather than through public notice. This was also a great opportunity to gain feedback from neighbors and answer their questions.
Orion hosted an open house at the Bethlehem United Church of Christ where more than 200 people attended. This event was a great opportunity to welcome the community in and meet with subject matter experts to ask questions. Each subject matter expert had a table where attendees could visit to gain information on a variety of subjects including real estate, health & safety, project site map information, construction and operations as well as general information on solar. We had a great turnout and enjoyed meeting the community.
To build off our open house, Orion hosted a second community event to introduce the Bluegrass Creek project in depth and provide an opportunity for the community to ask questions in an open forum. The town hall meeting at Venue 812 was attended by 72 members of the community, which included a 40-minute presentation followed by over two hours of questions-and-answers from the audience. Questions were submitted to our panel via notecards that night as well as directly from the audience.
See answers to questions we were unable to answer during the event here!