Glen FARMLand will host a symposium on Industrial-Scale Solar in Rural New York this Saturday April 30, from 10:30am-2pm, at The Century Club of Amsterdam, 130 Guy Park Avenue.
Glen FARMLand and featured speakers will offer an informational and interactive symposium raising awareness on the impact industrial solar projects are having within local communities.
Admission is free and refreshments will be provided.
There will also be a free raffle featuring a gift basket of locally-made products.
Speakers will include Keith Schue and Dennis Higgins from the New York Energy and Climate Advocates; Juan-Pablo Velez and Meredith Kane from Craryville Gateway; attorney Ben Wisniewski of Wisniewski Law PLLC; and local activist Lynne Bruning.
There will also be a panel discussion focused on local communities’ response to the proliferation of industrial-scale solar and several question and answer opportunities.
Registration is requested, but not required.
For more information, contact Glen FARMLand at noglenmegasolar@gmail.com, or via text or phone at (518) 428-2548
To register on Eventbrite go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-industrial-scale-solar-in-rural-new-york-tickets-325845501667.
Glen FARMLand is a grassroots community-based organization dedicated to promoting the responsible use of farmland, informing citizens of the impacts of industrial solar and the rights of local communities to make decisions about these projects, not the State of New York.