After taking a tour of the Powell Valley Recycling Center and talking to Mary Jo, the Center’s director and later talking to community members and neighbors about recycling, the bus and team headed to the Plaza Diane to do some tabling on recyling locally and on renewables as a whole. The Plaza Diane is a square in the center of town, close to banks, restaurants and stores, and our noontime arrival allowed the bright green bus, solar panels, and recycling posts to receive much attention. We were pleasantly surprised at the Powell Tribune’s, Powell’s local newspaper interest and visit with our bus. We were even more pleased with the great folks that approached the bus, from the mechanic shop owner in Powell who has an electric powered car, to students visiting the area from neighboring states who will be meeting with us as we continue our journey, to older couples interested in solar energy, to folks with big cars who leave their cars at home and bike to work! These folks and all the visitors we had were excited and happy to their own share stories, making the event extremely worthwhile for all us, including the Clark Resource Council, our local Chapter in the area. The event permitted the Clark Resource Council to make some great contacts with the Powell Valley Communtity Education Center for potential collaboration. All in all this was a great event, gave the bus some visibilty and allowed us to become more familiar with the local issues and meet some really neat folks!
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