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Data Center Moratorium and Regulations

Residents keep pressing commissioners to pause data center rezonings while the county updates its UDO, but the board has declined, citing state downzoning restrictions. Commissioners are instead asking state lawmakers to return local zoning authority over data centers.

17 mentions (8 this month)Last discussed Oct 29, 2026

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Salem Chapel Road Landfill Proposal (F-1671)

Residents strongly opposed a proposed 102-acre landfill on Salem Chapel Road, expressing major concerns over narrow rural roads, heavy truck safety, and well water contamination. The Board of Commissioners ultimately voted 4-3 to deny the special use permit.

10 mentionsLast discussed Aug 27, 2026