Fairbanks Communities Are Excited to Solarize

With support from Solarize Fairbanks, four areas are actively gathering interest from businesses and homeowners to solarize — Ester, Gilmore/Steele Creek, Goldstream and College Road. Don’t see your area? Contact Solarize Fairbanks to put you in touch with others who are forming more solarize groups.

Upcoming meetings include:
Solarize Ester: Ester Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday, Jan. 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Solarize Gilmore/Steele Creek Area: Steese Volunteer Fire Department on Monday, Feb. 3, 7-8:30 p.m.

Solarize Fairbanks is still recruiting Fairbanks neighborhoods and organizations interested in going solar in 2020! Applications of interest are due by Jan. 30, 2020. To learn more, visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Solarize-Fairbanks-105021570977817 or email solarizefairbanks@gmail.com.

To learn more about how to register your area’s interest and which areas are already organizing, visit the organization’s website.

Solarize Fairbanks is a volunteer-led campaign of community members and organizations that aim to make it easier and more affordable to go solar in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Organizational support is from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition, Information Insights, Native Movement, The Alaska Center, and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.