On August 9, Dearborn's Mayor Jack O’Reilly was joined by Tom Wither, founder of the Adopt a Watt program; Mike Tinskey, director of Ford Motor Company’s Global Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure; Jennifer Mefford, director, New Business Development, Powering Michigan’s Future, NECA/IBEW (Local 58); and representatives for Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Congressman John Dingell.
The City of Dearborn, Mich., participated in the national Adopt-A-Watt program, which resulted in the installation of an electric vehicle charging station and 25 high-efficiency lights at the Henry Ford Centennial Library parking lot. Both projects were paid for by 25 corporate, organizational, and individual sponsors in the Dearborn community.
This is the second Adopt-A-Watt project that the City has participated in. The first was in 2011 and involved the installation of one EV charging station and 102 induction lights at the west Dearborn parking decks. A total of 32 organizations donated to sponsor that project.
