Local Government

'We Have Had No Requests': Why Elizabethtown Is Writing Data Center Rules Now

No application, no project. Just the city getting ahead of the data center question. Here is what was actually said at the July 14 joint meeting, in their own words.

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This is community coverage of a public meeting, put together for Hardin Local members. Everything below comes from the City of Elizabethtown's own public livestream of the July 14 joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting. We downloaded that public recording, transcribed it, and pulled these quotes straight from it. Watch the full meeting and the segment clips below and check our work. Members, thanks for being here.

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