Trulove, Susan2015-10-292015-10-292010-04-22http://hdl.handle.net/10919/63023By now, Blacksburg residents and commuters who travel Main Street will have noted an egg beater-like apparatus on a pole in front of the YMCA. The raising of the pole for the mini wind-turbine on April 19 was a major milestone in what has turned out to be a year-long effort by Virginia Tech students, faculty members, and staff, and community volunteers to build a wind and solar demonstration site and education center at the YMCA center at 1000 North Main Street.In CopyrightResearchVirginia Tech, YMCA wind and solar project gets off the ground in time for Earth DayPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations