The Elle Gallo band will be solar powered at Haverhill Goes Green!, but volunteers are needed to help run this major Haverhill event:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need about 75 volunteers to help run Haverhill Goes Green! on the day of the event. If you can help please email Haverhill Goes Green! Volunteers keep their trendy Haverhill Goes Green! T-shirts.

• April 25, 2010
• 12:00 to 4:00
• Winnekenni Castle

Haverhill Goes Green! will feature alternative energy companies and hybrid and electric cars.

Haverhill’s Brightside, in conjunction with most of the other volunteer groups serving Greater Haverhill, is organizing an environmental fair called Haverhill Goes Green! This event is to promote the efforts of local business and the community to grow in a sustainable way. Here you can learn about wind, solar, and geothermal alternatives to oil, the benefits of green cleaning using non-hazardous ingredients, and hook up with local farms to set your table with healthier foods for your family. Live music will accompany a host of vendors and speakers and demonstrations of green technologies.
For more information email hgg@haverhillsbrightside.org. Businesses and organizations interested in participating will find the application here.

April 25, 2010, 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Winnekenni Castle

Many of us in Haverhill recently received a postcard from Sunlight Solar, announcing a presentation hosted by them at 7:30 pm in the Johnson Auditorium at the Haverhill Public Library. It sounds interesting, and I plan to attend.

http://sunlightsolar.com/meet-us/local-events/massachusetts-local-events/

The next Haverhill Energy Task Force meeting will be held at 7:00 pm, Wednesday December 16, in room 301 at Haverhill City Hall, 4 Summer Street, Haverhill, MA.

The agenda is still open for discussion. We will have an update on Haverhill’s final grant application to MTC under the Clean Energy Choice program, discussed at our last meeting. Wind zoning ordinances may be on the agenda. Please reply with any ideas you have.

The agenda for the Haverhill Energy Task Force meeting Wednesday, September 2nd is posted here. The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm in the Atrium Room at the Merrimack Valley Hospital, 140 Lincoln Ave., Haverhill, MA. Enter through the revolving door. The room is near the gift shop.

This meeting will be largely dedicated to finding ways to use $6,072 in grant money, which must be spent on energy related items. All ideas are appreciated.

The next Haverhill Energy Task meeting will be held at 7:00 pm, Wednesday September 2, in the Atrium Room at the Merrimack Valley Hospital, 140 Lincoln Ave in Haverhill, MA.

Good news! The Mayor’s Chief of Staff Andrew Herlihy reports that the task force is requested to decide how to spend the $6072 remaining in Haverhill’s MTC grant account. We only have until November 30th to spend the money. Anyone planning to attend the meeting is encouraged to read the MTC Clean Energy Choice Grant Agreement document, which describes how the money can be used. How can we leverage those dollars to best advance Haverhill’s journey into a clean, sustainable energy future?