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Governor Bev Perdue and Senator Joe Sam Queen visit the region and stop by EnergyXchange for a tour.  Rumor has it that the last time a NC Governor toured the area was in the 1980s!

Clay: Joy Tanner & Will Baker, Teresa Pietsch

Glass: Michael Hatch

EnergyXchange Executive Director Dan Asher featured on 88.7 WNCW with Host Ned Ryan Doyle and the "Our Southern Community" radio program.
Dan Asher joins the staff and residents of EnergyXchange in 2010.
A new pottery kiln is being constructed that will burn whole pallets.

Earth Day, April 22nd, 2009 was declared "ENERGYXCHANGE DAY" in Yancey County by the Yancey County Commissioners!

EnergyXchange is currently investigating new sources of alternate energies that could be tapped before the advent of diminished landfill gas flow.  These new energies would insure the continued work of the project well into the future. To support the needed change in infrastructure, a grant has been procured by Yancey County government from the Department of Energy.  Stay tuned as the research and new developments are reported here.

Episode 405 of UNC-TV’s Our State, the On-Air Magazine interviews EnergyXchange’s staff and residents to learn how the landfill is put to use.