Unfortunately, there’s no word on what the state and local government will do with the money; hopefully they’ll use it to create a few jobs.
Charlotte will get $6.7 million in federal money to spend on energy-efficiency projects, the Obama administration said this morning.
The money is part of $58 million for such work that will flow to North Carolina under the recently-passed economic stimulus package. The administration says energy-efficiency projects can create new jobs.
Today’s announcement says North Carolina’s State Energy Office will get nearly $21 million in new money and Mecklenburg County about $650,000, in addition to the Charlotte funding. It’s not immediately clear how the city and county will use the money.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.
This article appears in Mar 24-31, 2009.
