Lighting the new library

It has taken a lot of energy from multiple sources to advance from the drawing board to construction phase plans for the new La Conner-Swinomish Regional Library.

That kind of energy promises to be renewable on several levels going forward.

Plans to solarize the library were shared in detail during a 45-minute Zoom session last Wednesday sponsored by the La Conner Library Foundation, La Conner Weekly News, and Western Solar, the Bellingham firm tabbed to install the library’s solar energy system.

La Conner Library Foundation Director Susan Macek served as program moderator.

“We’ve never done a...