BARON â Cherokee Nation officials celebrated Earth Week on April 22 with a visit to the Mid County Community Organization building in Adair County, where new rooftop solar panels were installed as part of Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.âs $30 million Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act passed by the Tribal Council in 2019.Â
The solar panels will lower utility costs and provide an eco-friendly energy source for the Cherokee community organization.Â
Hoskin, Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, Natural Resources Secretary Chad Harsha, Chief of Staff Todd Enlow and Veterans Affairs Secretary S. Joe Crittenden unveiled the solar panels after signing an Earth Day proclamation detailing many of the tribeâs efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.Â