Our Eighth Project

The Weavers Way Coop’s Mt Airy store has a property across the street called the Mercantile Building. It is home to the Nesting House which sells really nice used baby stuff.
The building has a flat roof and will support a solar array with 60 panels for a system size of 35.1 kW. Installation was completed on 9/23/25. City building and electrical inspections are complete. We are now awaiting PECO’s out meter installation and Permission to Operate

Marion and Steve turning on the system!

Day 5 - 60 panels in place connected to inverters and the grid

Day 4 - Most of the panels in place

Day 3 - Inverters and electrical connections in progress

Day 3 - Some panels in place on rails, with ballast block to hold them in place

Day 2 - Some rails in place to hold the panels

Day 1 - Solar States Truck unloading the supplies

Day 1 - Panels On Site

Day 4 - Documenting the optimizers

Day 3 Wiring conduit & emergency shut off

Day 1 - Bringing up the panels

Day 1 - Bringing up the ballast block

Day1 - September 17, 2025 - On Site and Ready to Go - Oliver and Steve

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Solar States on site for drone flyover 4/21/2025

Oct 3, 2025: Electrical inspection complete

Sep 26, 2025: Building inspection complete

Sep 23, 2025: Installation complete

Sep 17, 2025: Start of installation!!

Jul 16, 2025: PECO interconnection approved along with City permits

May 31, 2025: Closing date for current offering

May 27, 2025: Fund rasiing goals met

May 27, 2025: General information session

May 21, 2025: Solar States site visit to scope out electrical design details

May 15, 2025: Members Only session to go over Offering Memo

May 12, 2025: General information session

May 8, 2025: General information session

Apr 30, 2025: Members Only session to go over Offering Memo

Apr 25, 2025: Contract signed with Solar States

Apr 21, 2025: Drone flyover by Solar States for final design

Apr 15, 2025: Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed

Feb 26, 2025: Draft PPA presented to Weavers Way

Nov 26, 2024: Site visit to evaluate roof

Fall, 2024: Weavers Way expressed interest in solar on this site as next project

Sep 9, 2022: Memorandum of Understanding signed



Weavers Way is a cooperatively owned food market open to the public. Thanks to the dedication of their members throughout the years, a tiny buying club started by a few Mt. Airy neighbors in 1973 has evolved into a multi-store co-op serving more than 11,000 member households and their neighbors.