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t .. <br />~~~1~~~~?~ ~~~~~c~-e~l~~~~ ~~~~ll~.~ ~~~i~i~'~5 ~_~~~~ ~:~~il.~al~:~tl~.'i~1~s <br />the ~zeen eight Economic ~3ev~l4pment Cox~lox Cent r(a 10 MW landfill <br />anon-profit organization, owns the Green Knight Energy <br />gas-to-energy facility at the Grand Central Sanitary Landfill in Pen Argyi. <br />By investing its proceeds from the sale of electricity, GKEDC funds support community <br />and industrial/economic development projects that create new jobs and other socio- <br />ecorsomie benefits in the three communities that comprise the Pen Argyi Area School <br />4istrict. 6i~u cv^.t'-'•i"'tinnS amounted to $1.94 million, from 2007 through 2005. <br />Thy Green i~nighL:~ ±~.~e of Landfill gas. as a <br />rertie~~abie resource pxovibes long-term <br />~eneC-its th~.t Plainfield Township, Pert Amyl <br />Borough, ~'Jind Gap Boxouc~h and the Pen <br />~.gyl area Sehaol l5~strict can rely on t~ <br />k~Qlp ma}~e the ~z~tlre community a bettor <br />Yl;~;e art vrhi~~ tit live and work. <br />~ ~sa~ ~~s~.z~a~zt~t~~y <br />Economic Development $ 1,570,000 <br />Educational Scholarships 110,000 <br />Cammunitp Grants 260,000 <br />TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $ 1,940,000 <br /> <br />The Green Knight Econ~nlic Development ~'orp~ra#a.°~' <br />began as a Slate Belt Ecvj~:~mic i~~~duslr=~l L~e~'el~'pzde~ <br />project in the summer of 1~g8. brand Ge~t~~at ~~n~t~ry <br />Landfill representatives met v,ritt fa~ai-cR~~L'r~i%i y; <br />leaders to discuss an opportuJ~itV to bett~frciat~y ire <br />landfill gas to improve the comri~uzufy's,gua~.ty„at ht~= <br />A group of ,vocal citizens represents -ig tM~ thr: <br />communities' within the Pen Argyi i rea "cheet ili~triei; <br />met and org~nized.a*? all-ynliirte??' r?ck fnYro, <br />ThP gi:i~i ~.~ the "tank iCt`~L was fia_harr~ess lire valv~~~ie <br />e~Eergy iii tl~p nt~~haate y~ gez~exated.hy the xantl: <br />Ge>Ztsal Sar~taly l>anc~fxll'.7'be:taS~ {o~rP~conclud,etl that <br />the elevelap~~tG~t of a lanrlfZll.~as to-enezyy'pla~t was <br />Effie tnc+st heltiefiCia~l o,~t~orr, Arid ~ffreial[y,~t~rn~eti <br />GKEDC u'~ l*i?roll `1 g9g. ~h~ alb-~tolu~tteer z~ne'iueaiauer <br />GkEDG Boa~d'of l?rreLtois includes ~hr~.~~ resident <br />repres~nlatives each.~4~ Pl~1r#!~`i~ll Township, and Pen <br />Argyi a~i+i Wi3~a Gap Boroughs. <br />In July 2000, GKEDC acquired a $9.2 million project <br />loan and hired a local contractor to begin construction. <br />The Green Knight Energy Center began selling <br />electricity by March 2001. Grand Central Sanitary <br />Landfill's parent company, Waste Management, provided <br />loan and operating guarantees, and was contracted to <br />operate the facility. <br />GRANC~ CEtV~"fiAL ~'+~n~tgry I.ar~d,~[1 <br />f~~t~rts m~#fiaa<< G'aS ~trrer~t~r~t~ by w~sf,.'~ <br />-`~dre~m~~oaitiari t~nrE su~«~it:: tt to Grnttt <br />~;~tf,~ht F,ner~r}r Genter <br />GRlrEN !(NIGH'T'S wommurttt4'-?~~s`-'~ ~~t-u~,tunFCer ruurw va a ~y~~,~ <br />~rt1?des r~~s-td~nt repre~~ntattY~s of .r'iree rrttt'1,rr~?A~;`~dES. , <br />j'E C~T f-}~.QJ~~7~~ t:$ tt~Ca'~ t[S_~~i t4J ~~},Mr .',:.~a {1tt~t-CGS{v~ra ~r~~s:~,. ~. ,~ ......_ <br />product ~tc~1',"s:aty' .-- erto~~~ ereer~y Ct~ {r~urer 8,~1Dt~ ht+irz~~s. <br />