WINDHAM — I have called South Windham my home for 60 years, have no intention to leave it, and want what's best for it.
Contrary to popular belief, many in Windham and Grafton like me are open to developing wind power on the plateau between our two towns.
Here are 10 of my reasons for supporting wind turbines here:
1. To create power for 42,000 homes.
2. To shut down a coal-burning plant somewhere.
3. To reduce greenhouse gases by being carbon neutral.
4. To create jobs, first during construction and then in operations over 30 years.
5. To bring annual payments to our towns of about $1 million per year.
6. To help sustain our schools by attracting new families with lower property taxes.
7. To inspire and be proud of a green-engineering feat by harnessing the wind.
8. To help and support the sustainable management of the Stiles Brook Forest's 5,000 acres.
9. To use wind as the only fuel to generate power, once the wind farm is constructed.
10. To think globally and act locally.