‘It’s a waste of a lot of good farmland’: Citizens comment on solar farm
Some 85 people filled the large courtroom the Massac County Courthouse Tuesday, April 14, for a formal public hearing regarding SB Energy’s proposed Shawnee Energy Project.
The development team — senior director of development Nasser Keshmiri, head of environmental and permitting Travis Brown, engineering and innovation Chris Hart and development and origination Jordan Schriner — returned to Metropolis seven weeks after a meet-and-greet on held Feb. 24.
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