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Next Par Excellence Academy Board Meeting March 11
NEWARK - Par Excellence Academy s next public Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 11 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Par Excellence, located on 1350 Granville Road in Newark, is a tuition-free, public charter school. The school aims to offer a nurturing, collaborative and innovative learning environment for students to be successful- academically, socially & personally.
If you would like to participate in the meeting, please call the school s Administrative Assistant Stephanie Yost at 740-344-7279 to get the Zoom link.
Licking Park District Board of Commissioners Special Meeting March 9
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HARRISON TOWNSHIP A proposed 108-megawatt solar field would provide enormous financial benefits to the community and have limited impact on the environment or neighbors, the company said in a virtual meeting Thursday night.
Union Ridge Solar, a subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy, said the solar field on 515 acres of Harrison Township farmland would require no clearing of the site, create no chemical runoff, no dust, no odors, no glare off the panels onto adjacent properties, negligible noise, limited water use, no zoning change and no negative impact on property values and or electric rates.
“We are very sensitive to impacts to neighbors, LRE vice president of development John Wieland said. We are going to be the long-term owner-operator of this facility. So, we do want to be a good neighbor.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP A proposed 108-megawatt solar field on 512 acres of Harrison Township farmland could provide a financial windfall for property tax recipients, especially Southwest Licking Schools.
Union Ridge Solar, a subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy, announced plans to construct the solar field near the AEP Kirk substation on Watkins Road, on property north of Refugee Road, west of York Road, south of Blacks Road and on both sides of Watkins Road.
The company would pay a flat fee of least $753,000 annually for 30 years, or $22.6 million, if the project receives the required state and local approvals for the Qualified Energy Tax Exemption Program. The minimum payment would be in lieu of taxes, based on a state law assessing $7,000 per megawatt for such solar and wind fields. The amount could be increased up to $9,000 per megawatt, or $969,300 annually.
The renewable energy arm of a Canadian pension fund has proposed a 108-megawatt solar field on 512 acres of farmland in Harrison Township.
Union Ridge Solar, a subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy, announced plans to construct the solar field near the AEP Kirk substation on Watkins Road north of Refugee Road.
The development could meet demand for power by Facebook, Google and Amazon datacenters in western Licking County and could provide a financial windfall for property tax recipients, especially Southwest Licking Schools.
Union Ridge would pay a flat fee of least $753,000 annually for 30 years, or $22.6 million, if the project receives the required state and local approvals for the Qualified Energy Tax Exemption Program. The minimum payment would be in lieu of taxes, based on a state law assessing $7,000 per megawatt for such solar and wind fields. The amount could be increased up to $9,000 per megawatt, or $969,300 annually.