Museum of Latin American Art gets federal solar energy grant

By Paul Eakins on November 19, 2009 1:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) has announced that the Museum of Latin American Art of Long Beach will receive a grant for $141,120 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to produce solar electricity at the museum.

This grant, which is being awarded through the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is intended to support the generation of electric, mechanical or thermal energy from renewable resources and create and preserve jobs in the construction and operational stages of the project.

Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional politics. A newcomer to the Press-
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