A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”

A conversation about potential wind and solar power projects filled every seat — and some of the hallway — in the room where the Richland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday. County residents, several township trustees and at least one electrical union representative were all in attendance to hear the three-member board’s decision regarding proposed legislation... Ultimately, commissioners voted unanimously to declare portions of Richland County’s unincorporated areas be “restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities.” These restricted areas include Bloominggrove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy and Weller townships. Trustees in all of those townships had asked commissioners for the restriction... During the vote, Commissioner Cliff Mears also voted yes, “because we (commissioners) can’t turn our backs on what the townships have asked.”