BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Belleville, Illinois, is set to develop a solar farm at Mount Hope Cemetery, a historic site dating back to the 1800s, to help offset maintenance costs.

The city of Belleville, which currently owns the cemetery grounds, is collaborating with Shine Development Partners, a Texas-based company, to lease land at the western end of the property for the solar farm project.

Belleville Mayor Jennifer Gain Meyer supports the initiative as a necessary step to manage the cemetery's upkeep expenses.

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During a public meeting on Thursday, Mayor Meyer, Rachael Cornick, and Dan Hancock from local solar company Straight-Up Solar presented changes to the solar farm plan based on community feedback.

The system has been

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