Developers often look to rural communities to find enough land to lease to construct and operate facilities of sufficient size to keep costs low, prices affordable, and to contribute to grid reliability. While tax revenue, construction jobs, and lease payments provide economic support to the community, solar facilities also present benefits to the local environment. These benefits are especially important to landowners and neighboring farmers, who rely on the long-term vitality of the land for their livelihood. This ACP factsheet highlights how a solar facility may support healthy rural communities over generations.