Zeeland and Jamestown neighbors upset over farmland being used in future solar project

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. — One moment stood out during the public meeting over the Silver Maple Solar Project at Evergreen Ministries on Tuesday evening.

In the middle of the public comment section, one man used his time and turned to the crowd, asking simply, “How many people here do not– and I stress– do not want to see the industrial solar complex here on over nineteen-hundred acres of land in Zeeland and Jamestown township, will you raise your hand?”

The vast majority raised their hands…

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