Civil Municipal Magazine Aug 2023

97 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 “It’s part of a larger program,” he said, adding, “The substation for connecting to the grid is to be built in Fayette County. There will be several parcels of land that will are planned to have solar panels on the west side of Fayette County. We will be contributing to the grid that exists today when and if the solar project goes forward,” What is Fayette County’s top priority moving into the second half of 2023? “Within the next two years,” said Parker, “we want to build upon our already successful educational process. I’m talking post-secondary education. We have in our community the Ivy Tech Community College. Our goal is to help them with vocational training or some concentrated areas of unique learning that would be helpful with some of the new industries that we feel are going to move into our community. We want to enrich the educational opportunities for the Fayette County residents so they can improve their lot in life. We want to make sure our audience knows that Fayette County is a great place to do business, to live, work and play. We are going to amplify that message more over the next couple of years. We are a Certified ACT (American College FAYET TE COUNT Y, IND.