Iola is nearing the finish line in the Take Charge Energy Challenge.
Becky Nilges, who has spearheaded the campaign locally to get Iolans thinking about energy efficiency, told City Council members Monday that the challenge ends Sept. 30.
The challenge, hosted by the Climate and Energy Project and the Kansas Energy Office, is a competition among 16 cities in four regions of the state to see which can do the most to save energy and promote energy efficiency. Each regional winner receives $100,000 to be used for a renewable energy or energy efficiency project. The competitors get…
