Here Comes The Sun

12 December 2003 - 2:00pm

City in California hopes to cut down on electricity bills and improve the environment with the largest solar projects of its kind on the West Coast.

"[Fresno, CA] will install solar panels on several canopies at its main work yard that will provide nearly all the electricity for hundreds of city workers during the summer months... The solar panel project, to be installed by Berkeley-based PowerLight Corp., will cost $4.125 million."

Source: The Fresno Bee, October 3, 2005
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Despite its small size, San Pierre was once a thriving community. It was home to more than 34 different businesses, and was surrounded by farmland and people gainfully employed in agriculture, retail sales, banking or other service industries.