Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
10 <br /> 1 Slide #10 <br /> FY2025-35 Recommended Capital Investment. Plan <br /> • Climate Change Mitigation Project Status <br /> _ t <br /> FY2024-25 Awards <br /> Supplemental weatherizatiorl to Habitat for Humanity $55,000 In progress 7hadeSchools Trees for[he Triangle $50,000 In progress <br /> home repair projectsstructure Warkforce Urban Sustainability <br /> reen infrastructure and Urban Sustainability nt Program SolulioRS $58,100 In progress <br /> apprenticeship program for Salutlons $69,146 Completedrange Counly Schools lar on St.,Joseph's Solar Equity $50,1)}0 In progress <br /> Hillsborough United ch <br /> Rooftop solar Church of Christ 810,000 Completed <br /> Electrical panel for Solar Project EMPOWERment $19,800 In progress <br /> Rooftop solar Binkley Baptist Church $49,036 Completed Prairie Restoration and <br /> Ronflop solar on Peach Reforestation Projects <br /> partments Eno River Association $22;600 In progress <br /> EMPOWERment $61,623 In progress <br /> Food f=orest Jubilee Healing Farm 512,000 In progress <br /> Installation of gardens,terrace Club Nova $37,227 In progress <br /> and greenhouse Rooftop Solar on Habitat Homes Habitat for Humanity $W.OW In progress <br /> LED light campus changeover CHCCS $94,014 Completed <br /> 54-panel solar panel pedestal <br /> with battery storagr and EV Orange County Schools S1 BR,029 In progress <br /> barging stations <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Chair Bedford said she wanted to discuss community resilience hubs. She said right now <br /> 4 there are just schools being used but if people need to be housed for a longer period and <br /> 5 schools need to start back would they need to house people in a different place. She asked if <br /> 6 the $212,000 is intended to buy generators. <br /> 7 Amy Eckberg, Sustainability Projects Manager, said there was some funding allocated to <br /> 8 establish some resilience centers, and they are looking at having them serve as areas that can <br /> 9 provide refuge during storms when the power is out. She said ideally, they would run off of solar <br /> 10 power. She said that the value of these centers was evident during Helene. She said they are <br /> 11 looking at the Senior Centers for the hubs. She said she was excited to announce that they just <br /> 12 received a grant for solar installation on the Cedar Grove Community Center for almost <br /> 13 $200,000 from the State Office of Energy. <br /> 14 Chair Bedford said that is wonderful. She asked if it would come back and if some of the <br /> 15 $212,000 could be used for some of the RENA expansion to create one of these hubs. <br /> 16 Amy Eckberg said yes. <br /> 17 Alan Dorman said all community centers and senior centers have whole building <br /> 18 generators. <br /> 19 Chair Bedford asked if the funds are needed then. <br /> 20 Amy Eckberg said the funds would also be used for solar and battery backup storage <br /> 21 along with other resilience features. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 <br />