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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JULY 8. 2021
Jasper coffee roaster, restaurant find common ground
with local and eco-friendly partnership
When the coffee roaster ular Jasper eatery. roast coffee locally with Jarrett said, “We wanted to
that had been supplying 61 They found an immediate blends named after Pickens stay local and we share a sim-
Main for years retired, the connection with Red Bean County roads, they put an ilar eco-friendly, sustainable
restaurant sought to find a Harvest (on Jonah Lane in emphasis on an eco-friendly approach.”
local source for the many Jasper). Owners Richard and operation. Finding a suitable blend
cups of Joe served at the pop- Kebra Lillibridge not only 61 Main manager Rob for the unique restaurant did-
Kebra and Richard Lillibridge of Red Bean Harvest drop off a bag of their unique 61 Main blend to restaurant Man
ager Rob Jarrett.
n’t happen instantly. Red
Bean went through several
different mixtures of beans
before hitting on their 61
Main blend.
Ultimately they came up
with a blend of Ethiopian
Yirgacheffe and certified bird
friendly coffee from other
growers around the world.
Richard explained that
Jenna Schreiber, the owner of
61 Main, was immediately
drawn to the idea that Yir
gacheffe is known as the
original coffee. “Basically
this bean is the origin of cof
fee,” said Lillibridge.
To be able to extend the
official bird friendly designa
tion to the cups of coffee
served at 61 Main, the roast
ers at Red Bean had to prop
erly document their source
for the Smithsonian-awarded
program.
A portion of the sales of
certified bird friendly coffee
goes directly back to farms
that take extra precautions to
protect bird habitat.
Lillibridge explained that
being Smithsonian Bird
Friendly is a higher standard
than shade grown. “These
growers take the next step,”
he said. “It’s more than just
leaving the shade canopy. It’s
about working in the under
story to preserve the species
ofbirds.”
Red Bean Harvest, which
has their roasting and coffee
shop on Jonah Lane also sup
plies the Old Mulehouse on
Jasper’s Main Street with
their 515 blend.
And big news coming for
the coffee roaster later this
summer as they will open a
coffee shop downtown in the
ground floor of the recently
renovated building at the cor
ner of Main and Highway 53
(the ground floor will also be
used by a church). They will
continue to roast at the Jonah
Lane location after the new
retail space opens.
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Capitol Beat News Service
LAGRANGE - Undevel
oped interstate highway
rights of way could be used
to house solar panels, broad
band projects and electric-ve
hicle charging stations under
legislation being introduced
by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff.
The Sustainable High
ways Innovation Act is mod
eled after The Ray, an
18-mile stretch of Interstate
85 in LaGrange used to test
clean energy technologies,
Ossoff, D-Ga., said Wednes
day during a news confer
ence held beside a solar array
at the site.
The Ray, a nonprofit
named in memory Ray An
derson, an environmentalist
and founder of the flooring
company Interface Inc., also
features a drive-over tire
safety inspection station.
“We’re working in Con
gress to make a generational
investment in clean energy,”
Ossoff said.
The solar array at The Ray
contains 2,600 panels that
generate 1 megawatt of elec
tricity, enough to power 170
homes. The five-acre site is
owned by Georgia Power Co.
under a 30-year lease with
the state Department of
Transportation.
“This is the best example
in the country of a higher use
of empty roadside land for
the benefit of clean energy,”
said Allie Kelly, The Ray’s
executive director. “Every
body wins when we develop
more roadside land for en
ergy generation.”
The Georgia Public Serv
ice Commission gave the
green light for The Ray as a
demonstration project in
2016.
“Over the last five years,
we’ve worked hard to partner
with the DOT, state govern
ment and the Federal High
way [Administration] to
allow us to bring technology
from around the world here
to be tested,” said Harriet An
derson Langford, the daugh
ter of Ray Anderson and The
Ray’s president and founder.
Ossoff is positioning him
self as a leading advocate in
the Senate for investing in
forward-looking sustainable-
energy projects. Last week,
he introduced legislation that
would offer tax credits to U.S
manufacturers of solar pan
els.
On Wednesday, he said he
would like to fold both the
tax credit bill and the Sus
tainable Highways Innova
tion Act into broader
infrastructure legislation
being pushed by the Biden
administration.
“This is all about envi
sioning where America needs
to be in the near future,” Os
soff said. “We are serious
about making the necessary
investment.”
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Tater Patch Players still looking
for a few good men and women
Tater Patch Players will
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their upcoming production of
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p.m. and Monday, July 12
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The auditions will be by
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