Florida Alliance For Renewable Energy Tour, Jacksonville, FL 2/24/11

The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE) welcomes you to be part of the 2011 Florida Renewable Energy Tour. This tour will travel through 10 cities across the state, reaching an audience of over 2000 individuals and businesses. The tour will feature discussion of renewable energy legislation to be introduced in the 2011 Legislative Session.

The tour will also feature industry & policy experts and state & local elected officials. Each individual event will be in Town Hall format with a discussion on job creation and local economic growth through renewable energy development, and a question and answers session from industry experts and State legislators.

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THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, click here to register online

Jacksonville Tour Stop

Thursday, February 24th, 2011.

Discussion Topics:

• Energy security
• Free market forces
• Renewable energy finance
• Innovations in industry
• Pending legislation
• Municipal approach to renewables
• Trickle-down economics of renewable energy
• Local economic growth
• Local job creation

Who is attending the tour?:

·      Local businesses

·      City, county, and municipal employees and local elected officials

·      City and local sustainability and green commissions

·      Regional planning councils and members

·      Renewable energy supporters and advocates

Why should you be part of the tour?:

·      Be part of shaping the renewable energy and energy efficiency future of Florida

·      Learn about pending legislation

·      Interact with your elected officials

·      Network with people from all phases and stages of involvement of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects

·      Encourage and support a free market for

·      Renewable energy in Florida

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, click here to register online 

Agenda - Thursday, February 24th, 2011

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·      9:00 am - 10:00 Site visit - JEA Conservation Center - 970 North Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

·      10:15 am - 11:15 Site visit - Sunworks Solar Headquarters - 5191 Shawland Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32254

·      11:45 am - 1:00 Site visit -TBA

·      1:30 pm - 3:00 Site visit - First LEED Platinum home in Northeast Florida, 5302 Clifton Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32211

·      3:30 pm - 4:30 Site visit - Newly constructed LEED certified Marine Science Research Institute building, Jacksonville University - 2800 University Boulevard North

·      4:30 pm - 5:00 Town Hall Registration

·      5:00 - 7:00 Town Hall meeting at Jacksonville University Davis College of Business - 2800 University Boulevard North, Jacksonville, FL 32211

·      Introduction - Steve Sadler of Built Totally Green

·      5:00 - 5:15 Welcome address - Dr. Quinton White, Executive Director, Marine Science Research Institute

·      5:15 - 5:30 - Presentation - "Creating jobs and economic growth through renewable energy" - Mike Antheil, Executive Director of FARE

·      Legislative Outlook and Panel Introduction - Government Affairs Expert and FARE Lobbyist Richard Pinsky

·      5:30 - 6:30 Panel Discussion

·      Wayne Dunn - USGBC NF Board Member

·      Ebenezer Gujjarlapudi - City of Jacksonville

·      Tom Larson - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

·      Invited - Representative Daniel Davis

·      6:30 - 7:00 Q & A

·      Networking to follow

PLEASE CARPOOL OR VANPOOL WHERE POSSIBLE

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,  click here to register online