Dear Editor, The county commissioners are about to vote on a 554-acre heavy industrial rezoning request. Let me be clear: the Area Plan Commission already reviewed the Prologis data center project, exercised zoning scoring and unanimously shot it down. Now it’s on you to finish the job and … Read More
Dear Editor, There are some residents in our county who are not even aware of the current land use conflict. Why are the farmers so upset with spot zoning? This is just a fight between farmers and progress, right? Nothing like that could happen where I live — … Read More
Dear Editor, My husband and I live a mile west of the proposed data center. I spent quite a bit of time reading the Forward Kosciusko County Comprehensive Plan. Nowhere in this document of visioning the future for Kosciusko County does it say we will destroy highly productive … Read More
Dear Editor, If you look in a Kosciusko County plat book from the 1800s, you will find some familiar names. You’ll find Anglin, Hall, Powell, Stookey, Boggs, Bishop and Moneyheffer scattered throughout Prairie and Jefferson townships. These families developed this area through hard work, trust and mutual respect. … Read More
Dear Editor, Prologis says they “appreciate the agricultural community.” Does the world’s largest builder of data centers really understand Leesburg, Indiana? Do they really understand our agricultural industry? It is based in San Francisco, California. That is just not out-of-state; that is another country. Prologis does understand the … Read More
Dear Editor, When you drive down the road and see fields of corn, what do you think? Have you ever considered the economic development that each acre of corn supports? Every acre supports the local parts store, the repair shop, the machinery dealerships, irrigation and tile companies, grain … Read More
Dear Editor, I appreciate the Area Plan Commission’s unanimous vote against the spot zoning of farmland to heavy industrial. Thank you! The APC followed the Comprehensive Plan and realized the best use of 330 LESA rated farmland was to continue its sustainable, renewable work … to feed people. … Read More
After a nearly three-hour meeting, primarily consisting of testimonials from remonstrators, the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission unanimously denied a rezoning request for a data center west of Leesburg.
Read MoreKosciusko County Area Plan Commission’s April meeting is expected to have a large audience, as a proposal for a data center near Leesburg is on the agenda.
Read MoreDear Editor, Clunette is a place I am proud to call my home. My family has had its roots here for over 40 years. It has changed a lot in that time, but the true character of our community has stayed the same. If you come over to … Read More
Dear Editor, I’ve been following the data center story and trying to keep an open mind about it. Basically, one party makes an initial proposal (to bring in a data center, in this case) but needs certain terms to be met in order to do so (land, water, … Read More
Prologis, a real estate company operating in several markets in the Midwest, has been identified as the company seeking to build a data center in the Leesburg area.
Read MoreDear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concerns about the proposed data center in Clunette, Indiana, and its potential impact on our community’s agricultural heritage. As residents, we are fortunate to be surrounded by a rich history of farming and agriculture that has shaped not only … Read More
Dear Editor, Property owners: Be aware of spot zoning. Spot zoning gives a zoning classification that is drastically different from the surrounding area. 1. It undermines comprehensive plans with inconsistencies. 2. It singles out property owners for benefit at the expense of others. 3. It disrupts the physical … Read More
A meeting was held Tuesday, March 18 at Clunette United Methodist Church, Leesburg, to hear public comment on rezoning agricultural land and data center construction in Kosciusko County.
Read MoreDear Editor, I am writing this letter to voice my most vociferous opposition to the rezoning of any property in our county for a data center. There are already concerns about the local water tables given our propensity for drought in the late summer season. As well, a … Read More
