Good news from the streets of small business….

…this summer, the owners of Ben’s Chili Bowl joined with nine other small, independent and mostly food-related businesses on or near U Street to buy wind power energy credits.

“We see this as part of being involved in what is good for the neighborhood, what’s good for the city,” said Nizam Ali, whose parents, Ben and Virginia Ali, opened their chili place in 1958. “It’s a good idea that helps the environment and, it turns out, makes economic sense for all of us.”

Green Power in D.C.