HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A day after hearing from those who don’t want a solar farm in their community, we’re hearing another perspective.

Some Raymond and Bolton residents voiced their concerns with the 5,800-acre solar farm, fearing the impact it could have on their community. The farm’s impact on wildlife and property values are among the main concerns for the residents.

If the solar farm is approved, it would be the largest in the state, capable of powering 95,000 homes in Hinds County. The Virginia-based company, Apex Clean Energy, hopes they’re granted approval for the project.

“Five-thousand-eight-hundred acres is 33 parcels that make up the project. Of those only 4,000 acres, we’re actually evaluating for space. We’re actually preserving about 800 acres of space within the project. That’s either wetland, floodplain, stream, forest area that is located on those parcels that we have leased but is not being disturbed for facilities, so the actual footprint of the project will roughly be 4,000 acres,” said Brian O’Shea, director of Public Engagement for Apex Clean Energy.

He said the benefits of the project go far beyond providing clean energy.

“Also generating tax revenue, a stable source of income for local farmers and landowners. And that clean power that could also help attract new businesses, new industries that want to do that, want to move to areas that have access to clean sources of power,” O’Shea said.

After Tuesday’s meeting, the matter now goes to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors. If approved, resident feedback will still be taken into account.

“We want this to be a great project that fits everybody’s needs. It’s a net benefit to the county as a good neighbor, to the whole community, because we plan on operating it for the next three years,” said O’Shea.

The supervisors are planning to vote on the project on June 17.