Wind turbine to top Muskegon’s Frauenthal Center
Less than four months after its inception, a private alternative energy fund earmarked for bringing alternate energy options to downtown Muskegon will fund the city’s first wind turbine on a commercial building.
Less than four months after its inception, a private alternative energy fund earmarked for bringing alternate energy options to downtown Muskegon will fund the city’s first wind turbine on a commercial building. Benefactors hope the turbine, manufactured in Grand Rapids, is just the start of a movement.
According to excerpts from the story:
Lou and Ann Eklund and the Community Foundation for Muskegon County are walking the talk when it comes to alternative energy.
In December, the Eklunds established a new alternative energy fund for downtown Muskegon within the foundation, which is moving quickly to put an electrical wind turbine on the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.
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