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Council approves Ameresco bid for solar farm at Pollinator Meadow; community benefit agreement to follow

5944352 · October 14, 2025
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Richmond City Council accepted a sole bid from Ameresco Inc. to install a solar farm at Pollinator Meadow (3800 East Richmond Road). The administration said an earlier RFI drew interest from multiple firms; the procurement produced one formal bid and the council approved the ground lease with an upcoming community benefit agreement.

Richmond City Council voted to accept a bid from Ameresco Inc. and to adopt ordinance 2025-191 authorizing a ground lease and the installation of a solar farm at Pollinator Meadow, 3800 East Richmond Road.

City staff told council they ran a request-for-information process in August that produced seven expressions of interest and that the…

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