 Neighborhoods around the city of Bemidji will be getting a little brighter. Otter Tail Power Company will begin upgrading all Otter Tail-owned outdoor lighting to LED. City streets and alleyways will be some of the first to be upgraded and all 1,850 lights will be switched to LED. A little more than half of those lights are municipal accounts with the remainder being private accounts. Bemidji is one of the first Otter Tail-powered cities to get this upgrade. This project will cover every Otter Tail-owned outdoor light in Bemidji. The project as a whole for Otter Tail Power is to upgrade all of our Minnesota towns over the next five years. So Bemidji is one of the first towns to get this upgrade here and is one of three towns that's currently scheduled for 2018 and then in subsequent years the remainder of our towns in Minnesota will get this the same upgrade. Otter Tail says the project will take at least three months to complete and should begin later this spring. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.