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Edge High School Celebrates Solar Installation with Ribbon-Cutting
Edge High School will be celebrating the public unveiling of its solar power installation at its Himmel Park Campus on Thursday, March 7th at 1:00 pm. As the first CFSA grant recipient to have its solar energy installation completed, Edge will be hosting this community event to celebrate its campus going green! The ribbon-cutting celebration is open to the public and will be held at the Edge High School Himmel Park Campus at 2555 E. 1st Street, Tucson, AZ 85716 on Thursday, March 7th at 1:00 pm. The event will feature speakers from Technicians for Sustainability and Edge’s staff, as well as students’ contributions on the impact of climate change, including results from a research project, as well as poetry and artwork.
Launched in 2022 as a partnership between CFSA and Solar United Neighbors (SUN), the Nonprofit Solar Project helps local community service organizations meet a significant portion of their energy needs through solar power. The project is funded primarily through the generous support of an anonymous CFSA donor. To help expand the project’s reach, Tucson Foundations contributed an additional $100,000 and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) added $15,000. In total, CFSA and its partners invested $630,000 to provide solar installations for six nonprofit organizations through the first round of funding in 2023.
The new solar installation was the next step in the Edge Himmel Campus green renovation. In 2008, Edge was given the proceeds of a $4.6 million education bond that was awarded to the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Pima County to renovate the school’s facility, which Edge purchased in 2007. As a nonprofit charter school, Edge does not have access to the public bonds that are available to traditional public schools, so IDA stepped up to get the funds that Edge required to purchase and renovate the facility to be more sustainable, without raising its square footage or carbon footprint. According to Edge’s Executive Director and District Principal Rob Pecharich, “The Edge Himmel Campus green renovation was on the wish list for Edge founder Greg Hart and designed with sustainability in mind.”
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