{"id":132541,"date":"2026-09-25T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=132541"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:19:46","slug":"parking-notification-solar-canopy-work-in-scsc-bradford-milligan-lots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/parking-notification-solar-canopy-work-in-scsc-bradford-milligan-lots\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking Notification: Solar Canopy Work in SCSC, Bradford Milligan Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parking lots scheduled for new or ongoing solar canopy installations during the week of Sept. 28 are listed below. As the 15-foot-tall canopies are installed, affected lots will be closed and reopened in stages as outlined at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/owu.edu\/solarparking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">owu.edu\/solarparking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (Please note that dates have shifted and are weather-dependent.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NEW &amp; ONGOING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Bradford Milligan Hall<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 minimal lot closure Oct. 2; canopy installation from Oct. 5 to Nov. 5. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include the Jay Martin Soccer Complex and Meek lots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Schimmel\/Conrades Science Center<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 canopy installation through Nov. 2. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include the Phillips, Selby, and Meek lots. (Note: The Selby lot will be unavailable during Homecoming &amp; Family Weekend.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UPCOMING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Smith Hall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 minimal lot closure on the evening of Oct. 9 (watch for the tall orange cones); canopy installation from Oct. 12 to Jan. 5, 2027. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include the Jay Martin Soccer Complex and Meek lots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 minimal lot closure on the evening of Oct. 27 (watch for the tall orange cones); canopy installation from Oct. 28 to Jan. 8, 2027. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include Selby Stadium.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Jay Martin Soccer Complex<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 minimal lot closure on the evening of Nov. 13 (watch for the tall orange cones); canopy installation from Nov. 16 to Feb. 16, 2027. Work to begin after completion of the regular fall soccer season. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include the Selby and Meek lots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b>Selby Stadium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 minimal lot closure on the evening of Dec. 8 (watch for the tall orange cones); canopy installation from Dec. 9 to Feb. 5, 2027. Work to begin after completion of the final fall games at the stadium. Limited parking will be available during installation; alternate parking locations include the Meek lot.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To help keep you informed of parking disruptions, <\/span><b>Ohio Wesleyan will provide nonemergency OWU Parking Alerts during the installation period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These messages, via email and text, will serve as reminders of what\u2019s coming up to help you plan your parking and your schedule. We will also add temporary signage outside each affected lot with a QR code that points to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owu.edu\/solarparking\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">owu.edu\/solarparking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for more details.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parking will be challenging during portions of the canopy installation, but the payoff is substantial: When the system starts producing power in fall 2027, it is expected to generate 8.2 million kilowatt-hours of clean, solar energy each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for your patience and support as we work to improve OWU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sources: OWU Public Safety and OWU Facilities<br \/>\nContact: psafety@owu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parking lots scheduled for new or ongoing solar canopy installations during the week of Sept. 28 are listed below. As the 15-foot-tall canopies are installed, affected lots will be closed and reopened in stages as outlined at owu.edu\/solarparking. (Please note that dates have shifted and are weather-dependent.) NEW &amp; ONGOING \u00a0 \u00a0 Bradford Milligan Hall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132574,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132541\/revisions\/132574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}