County Commissioners Say ‘No’ To Rezoning For Data Center
A data center won’t be coming to the Leesburg area anytime soon.
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KREMC Needs To Remember Why The Co-Op Exists
Dear Editor, It is disturbing to find out that our rural Kosciusko REMC co-op signed a nondisclosure agreement with Prologis long before it was announced that they were seeking farmland in the middle of an agriculture zoned area. Dalton Caley “representing” KREMC spoke in favor of the farmland … Read More
Data Center Vote Is About ‘Soul Of Kosciusko County’
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
Rural Residents Are Entitled To Consideration, Too
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
Data Center Threatens To Destroy ‘Our Rural Identity’
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
This Farmland Is Too Valuable To Be Used For Data Center
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
County APC Unanimously Denies Rezoning Request For Data Center Near Leesburg
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.
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Real Estate Company Proposing Data Center In Leesburg Area
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.
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