Arvin Chamber member Bear Mountain Pizza leads  "Greening Arvin" effort. 

    On September 9th, in partnership with the San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy (SJVCEO), the City of Arvin showcased the recently piloted Greening Arvin initiative. City of Arvin officials chose Bear Mountain Pizza to host this event since this Arvin small business is part of a clean energy small business demonstration project to install energy efficient technologies complimented by an onsite solar energy array.
This demonstration project is part of a broader, comprehensive effort called Greening Arvin, sponsored by the City, led by the SJVCEO, and funded by the Valley CAN organization. The primary objective of the Greening Arvin effort is to demonstrate - through serving as a model for the City and the broader San Joaquin Valley - the role that clean energy can play to improve quality of life and address the region's air quality and climate challenges. In addition to the clean energy showcase at Bear Mountain Pizza, Greening Arvin efforts also include working with 10 other Arvin businesses to assess and provide recommendations on "greening" their daily operations in order to achieve energy and cost savings for these businesses, and exercising an expedited solar permitting process to allow same-day over-the-counter solar system permitting. Greening Arvin team members also provided consulting to city staff to identify climate and energy policy best practices, codes and standards to foster continued greening efforts within Arvin's municipal, commercial and residential sectors.  Click here to join the Arvin Chamber of Commerce.