Quick background - 

In the Spring, Grove City residents found out that Texas firm Headwaters is seeking to develop a 310 acre parcel off Rensch Rd for the construction of a data center.

City officials were in conversations with the developer long before residents became aware of what was being proposed. 

Citizens pushed for a moratorium. An unprecedented show of support at a council meeting (the room was full, the overflow was full, people were chanting outside the building), one courageous councilperson, and a flurry of emails and calls from the community managed to get the moratorium across the finish line. Great! A 12 month moratorium was passed and a task force created.

Two months later, the task force had yet to meet once.

Meanwhile, a group of residents had decided that it should NOT take the entire town overflowing a city council meeting to have our voices heard on these huge mega-projects. Using their own money, they retained an attorney to help draft a charter amendment that would protect the city, even after the conclusion of the moratorium.

Those same residents started circulating a petition proposing a charter amendment which would require a VOTE for Heavy Industrial developments which tripped one of three triggers:
>Occupy 50 acres or more of land
>Use more than 20 mW of electricity
>Consume greater than 500,000 gallons of water per day

1500 Grove City residents signed the petition and the Board of Elections certified the ballot issue. 

That’s when it all went crazy. Those currently in sole possession of the power to okay developments in the community fought back fiercely against residents who demanded a seat at the table. The proposed charter amendment was heavily criticized by city government officials. 

Then, the folks at Protect Grove City were surprised to learn that the city wanted to meet to discuss a potential collaboration. The citizens would hear the city’s concerns, and work to amend the amendment to address them. Then the amended version could be put before council for consideration. Version 7.1 was born. 

City council was given a choice. Legally, they had a responsibility to put the citizen led initiative on the ballot, but the collaborative version was offered to them as an alternative. They left it on the floor. Mayor Ike Stage’s administration was far more confident that they could defeat the original amendment than the collaboration, so they refused to even consider that version. 

The original Community Consent Amendment was placed on the ballot and is now known as Issue 28 in Grove City. 

Then came the counter campaign. Expensive mailers started to appear in mailboxes with Grove City branding on them, urging a ‘no’ vote on Issue 28, allowing as few as four council members the sole discretion to decide the fate of these mega-developments. A PAC was formed to counter the amendment and sent out more expensive mailers. 

So that’s where we are now in Grove City. Our own city government, fighting a citizen-led ballot initiative, because they don’t want to share that power. Meanwhile, Headwaters, that developer from way back in the spring, is hanging around stating that they’re “committed to going through the moratorium process”. 

Issue 28 is how Grove City residents lock in their right to vote on the largest developments which may change the character of the city, even after the moratorium expires or is lifted. 

Is it about data centers? Yes. Is it JUST about data centers? No - and that was done on purpose, because a city cannot ban an entire industry without risking a lawsuit. Instead the thresholds were intentionally designed to mirror the profile of a data center, but would include, say, a new power plant (often what comes after the data center) or any other large industrial campus.

Jen Belt of Protect Grove City explains in this short video: https://youtube.com/shorts/3esm1gao9eE?si=zUNWHEyIAxRsULJv

Live in Grove City? Want a voice on the biggest developments in your city? Vote YES on Issue 28 to lock in your right to vote on what industries come to YOUR town.

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I am trying to remember the last name of a friend of mine back around 2003-2005. I have so very little info and this might sound absolutely impossible, but I’m going to see if it’s possible with the help of others to potentially track down an old friend. Any help or direction to where else I could look is welcome;
Back around 2003-2005 (time is hazy) I met a friend named Emma on MySpace. After a long time chatting, I was visiting family in Columbus and she asked if we could hang out. I had my uncle (who doesn’t have a good memory) drive me what felt like an hour maybe north or northwest to meet up with her in her town.
The info about her and her town that I remember is that someone in her family owned a bar or worked at a bar and they let us (at 13 or 14 hang out in the bar and smoke our cigs), there was a small movie theater we saw a movie together, and then walked back to her house where her sister was waiting for us. A random fact about her and her sister I remember is that when Emma had a date, if her sister thought her date was attractive she would say “the cupcakes are good” as a kind of code between them as a nod of approval.
There was a rather large park just behind their house.

I realize this is the tiniest amount of actual detail in the world, but figured if anyone could help me get any closer, it would be helpful! I’m just trying to re-connect and apologize to those I feel I have abandoned or left behind and I feel like I can’t do that without finding Emma lol.

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