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This year there were over  250 nominees for the BBB Torch Award. We’re honored to be a Better Business Bureau 2018 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics honorable mention recipient.  Presented annually since 1996, the International Torch Awards for Ethics honor companies that demonstrate best practices, leadership, social responsibility and high standards of organizational ethics that benefit their customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and communities. The award embodies the Better Business Bureau mission of advancing trust in the marketplace. The International Torch Awards are brought to you by the Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Trust.

Solarize Johnson County is a group purchasing program for residential solar. Offered by Johnson County, six partner cities, and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, homeowners throughout Johnson County and West Branch, Iowa may participate in this program to pool their buying power and secure significant discounts that make installing solar more affordable. The key ingredient for most participants is the pricing for the group buy. The competitive installer selection process ensures the program achieves a price per watt lower than what any individual would generally be able to get on the market. In addition, the price decreases for everyone in the group buy when certain benchmarks are surpassed. Pricing offered through the Solarize Johnson County Solar Group Buy is not guaranteed to be the least expensive rate for all solar arrays. Larger solar arrays may be able to achieve…

The Red Shamrock Foundation is holding their annual Survivorship Trail Challenge on April 7th, and Moxie will be there! Come out to Hickory Hill park in Iowa City for a day of sunshine, excersize, and fun for a great cause. Be sure to sign up for the race here or visit the Facebook event page for more information! This is NOT your ordinary road race. The race is approximately 5K of hilly trail miles through Hickory Hill Park. Start and finish will be on the Regina track. This is a very challenging and scenic cross country course. Expect steep hills, rocks, overhanging trees, creeks, mud, stumps, and tall grass! The Survivorship Challenge is also part of the No Coast Trail Series, a group of 9 trail races in Central and Eastern Iowa…

The Gazette wrote a great article about Solar concerns in Iowa. They also took a few pictures with the Moxie Solar Crew! Here's what they had to say: "Jobs related to solar energy are on the rise in Iowa, bucking a national trend. But those job gains and the burgeoning solar industry in Iowa could be undone by proposals under consideration in the state and federal governments, solar energy advocates say. There were more than 800 solar energy jobs in Iowa in 2017, a 45 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest National Solar Jobs Census, published recently by The Solar Foundation, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for solar energy. The growth of solar jobs in Iowa stands in contrast to the national picture: Solar jobs…