This article, published earlier today, provides some positive news on community-wide solar projects. Cazenovia, a city in upstate New York, is developing a solar powered water treatment plant that is projected to power not only the water plant but also offset the entire carbon footprint for the municipality grid. This project is significant because public investment in solar energy marks an important step in scaling renewable energy. Furthermore, in the early stages of the project, there is overwhelming support from the community. Projects such as this one have the potential to create a template for the process of generating solar energy and reducing carbon footprints at the municipal level.