ANNOUNCEMENT:
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING: Feb 25th, 7pm at Frost Creek Church on Algoma Ave.
MEET YOUR
NEW NEIGHBOR
A proposed 800+ acre
HYPERSCALE AI DATA CENTER
PETITION SIGNING EVENTS:
WHEN: Saturday, February 28th, 2-4pm
WHERE: Park and Ride on 17 Mile
We will have a petition that was started to request a 9 to 12 month moratorium on the data center project. To sign the petition, you must be a Solon township resident and registered to vote in Solon Twp.
We will also have some yard signs available.
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!
Would you like to help stop this data center?
We’re looking for volunteers to help with door-to-door petition signing, research and information gathering, and outreach. If this is something you think you can help with, please join the Volunteer Facebook group.
Please note that this is not a group for observation – we are looking for active volunteers. Requests to join solely to “stay informed” or observe will not be approved.
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