The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens residents are invited to a solar barn raising at Micah’s Creek, an affordable housing neighborhood under construction near downtown Athens, Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., according to a press release from Athens Area Habitat for Humanity. At the ceremony, attendees will observe the construction process and raise new solar panels onto one of the neighborhood's bungalows. Micah’s Creek, which is being built by Athens Area Habitat for Humanity, will span across 11 acres and include 42 single-family homes, 15 two-bedroom homes and 11 tiny homes. Each house is expected to cost under $200,000, will come with rooftop solar panels and battery storage systems and be financed by zero-interest loans. Lydia’s Place, a local nonprofit that provides care for young adults ages 17-24 who have experienced foster care or housing insecurity, will lease the two-bedroom bungalows to house students who are currently enrolled in local college and technical schools and were formerly homeless. The Rotary Club of Athens and the Classic City Rotary secured a $23,200 district grant to fund solar power for two bungalows Lydia’s Place is leasing. A volunteer group of Habitat for Humanity supporters called the Bright Homes Energy Initiative are the driving force behind the solarization of Micah’s Creek. “People don’t tend to think of nonprofits building affordable…
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