There won’t be a new solar farm constructed in Barry County’s Baltimore Township, at least not in the immediate future.
The Barry County Planning Commission unanimously voted, 5-0, at its meeting Monday, Nov. 24, to deny a special use permit that would have paved the way for construction of a “solar energy system” on property owned by Roy Wymer on East Brogan Road.
The vote came after a public hearing on the special use application filed by the Ann Arbor-based Prometheus Power Group, in partnership with Boston-based Kearsarge Solar and Ray Wymer, with area residents packing the Community Room at the Tyden Center in Hastings…