Rain may not be the most conducive to solar panels, but it certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of Fulton County officials last week.

Fulton County hosted two ceremonies Thursday and Friday to celebrate the kickoff of the installation of 46 new solar panel systems on county facilities. It’s part of an expanded county contract with Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy. Once all the projects are completed, approximately a quarter of county facilities will have solar panels.

The two ceremonial “light switch-flipping” events were at the Evelyn G. Lowery Library at Cascade in Atlanta on Thursday and the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex in Sandy Springs on Friday.

At Friday’s event, Fulton County board members and Cherry Street Founder and CEO Michael Chanin touted the benefits th

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