LANSDALE — One of the borough’s biggest businesses could go green, in a big way, soon.
Rex Heat Treat, located on Eighth Street, could make the case to a borough board later this month for a new solar array to help power their operations.
“They’re looking to install a ground-mounted solar array, to help offset some of their electrical needs there,” said Director of Community Development Jason Van Dame.
“That is considered an additional use on the property, that is not by-right permitted in the industrial district, so it’ll be for a special exception to allow for that additional use there,” he said.
Founded in 1938 by J. Walter Rex and business partner Elmer Erb, the four-generation family business started in a two-car garage in the borough and was founded to heat treat metal components, including World War II weaponry for the Army and Navy, according to a company history and MediaNews Group archives.
The company moved in…
