Resilience and Wealth for This Low-Income Community with Solar, Microgrids and EVs

In December 2023, a winter storm hit Highland Park, Michigan, and the ensuing power outage lasted four days – a common occurrence in the community, which has a high poverty rate. Partially in response to the outages, Juan Shannon created Parker Village, with plans to provide clean, low-cost local energy to the residents, including net zero homes, two solar microgrids and an electric transportation loop. Another goal is to keep wealth in Highland Park, which covers three square miles close to Detroit and ranks in the 94th percentile for low-income status in the U.S., with 45% of the population living at or below the poverty line. About the Guest: Juan Shannon, executive director, Parker Village Foundation   Send podcast episode ideas to [email protected] Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts Learn about host Lisa Cohn's energy writing at CleanEnergyWriters.com