MCTC Implementation Of Solar Power

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MCTC Implementation Of Solar Power 〰️

Manistique Community Treehouse Center Solar Power Mission:

MCTC has help to implement solar rooftop panels on 25 homes in the Jefferson Chalmers Community, Alley Solar Streetlights. read article: https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2021/10/22/detroit-jefferson-chalmers-solar-panel-community-treehouse-center/6095215001/?fbclid=IwAR2VYBWWaWACayzIu4OUvbcr3W0PKupK3O_KlYHTTLjlMwHUm3YvBZq0gUQ

In our Creative Empowerment Garden there is a outdoor solar movie theater/greenhouse / emergency PowerStation. If the power goes out in the community. The community can come plug up phones, laptops and emergency equipment. This was a donation by Charles H, Wright Museum of African American History in 2018.

link to article:

https://thewrightmuseum.smugmug.com/The-Wright-2018-Photographs/Shine-A-Light-Ribbon-Cutting/

The Manistique Community Treehouse Center will also ran off Solar Power was designed in 2015.

The Birdwatchers Garden Learning Hub will be ran off Solar Power

A Community Power Station of Solar Power.

Meeting with the United States Secretary of Energy

**Tammy Black**- founder/CEO Manistique Community Treehouse Center, The Secretary of Energy Washington, D.C. - **Jennifer Granholm**, **Dr. Tony Reames** - Deputy Director for Energy Justice, Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis

THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20585 August 10,2021 Ms. Tammy Black President and Project Leader Manistique Community Treehouse Center

Dear Ms. Black: Please accept my appreciation for joining me at lunch during my visit to Michigan for a conversation on environmental justice. Your perspective was invaluable to our discussion, and gave me helpful insight into the work ahead. As you know, President Biden and I are intent on seizing every opportunity for American workers and families in ou. clean energy future. By working in partnership, this is our moment to kickstart a transformation that creates millions of good-paying, union jobs, lifts up communities that have been left behind, and builds a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for our children and grandchildren. And there’s no time to waste in getting it done. I look forward to staying in touch as we work to bring this vision to life, together.

Thank you again for your time and for all that you do.

Secretary of Energy

Jennifer M. Granholm

11/17/22 - Manistique Community Treehouse Center received the Environmental Impact Award for our State of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

The Manistique Community Treehouse Center (MCTC) is a grassroots, non-profit organization focused on promoting holistic empowerment for all individuals regardless of background, ability, age, race, or gender. The intergenerational programs help people of all ages manage and overcome stress and anxiety by helping them have more fun, spend more time outside, and build financial literacy. The organization is working to implement an innovative program to encourage more residents and nonprofits to embrace solar power while saving and making money. This program created a solar station and helped install solar panels on 25 homes in the neighborhood. It also includes a workforce development component, training individuals to gain skills in solar energy. It is a one-of-a-kind program in Detroit, and the organization intends to replicate to other areas of the city, as well as across the state and nation. The MCTC goes beyond providing renewable energy, they host cultural, informational, and social events for children and adults in the neighborhood. These events bring the community together and allow them to share a common interest in sustainability and caring for their neighborhood and neighbors.