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Col ton Area Museum’s Impr essive $900K Renovation U nvei led a t G r a n d R e-o p en i n g o n Feb r u a r y 24
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The former Carnegie Library, originally built in 1908 with a $10K grant, is located at 380 N La Cadena Dr.
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Artifacts inside the museum include Colton’s Union Pacific train schedule, dated September 12, 1943.
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Councilman Dr. G, Councilwoman Kelly Chastain, and Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes cutting the ribbon on the reimagined Colton Area Museum.
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Originally opening in 1895 with just 35 students, Colton High School was fully constructed in 1923 west of 2nd Street, and the mascot suit, letterman jacket, and band uniform from the time period is on display.
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A new BESS under construction 60 miles east of Los Angeles that uses Tesla Megapack battery units briefly opened its gates to teach Grand Terrace students at a neighboring school how it works.
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ozens of students from Grand Terrace High School in California got a rare look inside Arevon’s 200 megawatt (MW)/800 MWh Condor Energy Storage Project during a field trip to learn how battery energy storage systems work. The opportunity to tour the facility came by invitation from the
builder, Rosendin Renewable Energy Group (RREG), a California company and one of the largest Renewable Energy General Contractors in the U.S. Rosendin Project Manager Ray Nelson worked with Grand Terrace H.S. Engineering Pathway Lead Matthew Johnson to coordinate the Feb. 2 site tour for 35 students. Rosendin builders
explained how the facility was built to use Tesla Megapack battery units to store energy and discharge it into the electric grid when demand is at its peak. Students toured the new main power transformer, substation control, and overhead interconnection tower that is designed to transfer energy to and from the Southern Grand Terrace HS cont. next pg.