The City of East Lansing is going through the application process for $200,000 in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.
According to excerpts from the article:
The
grant would give funds to the city to improve city-owned buildings
using green practices and also to explore ideas for alternative energy.
“We
have a number of ideas we will be incorporating into the city,” said
Tim Schmitt, an East Lansing community development analyst.
After
President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress passed the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which became effective Feb.17,
funds became available to municipalities to help reduce total energy
use and improve energy efficiency.
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