It was a packed house at Penn State in Great Valley. Quite literally standing room only and hundreds of residents turn out to tell the East Whiteland Planning Commission they didn’t want this data center.
It was a crazy contentious meeting and in the last 20 minutes one member of the planning commission learn not to mess with State Senator Katie Muth when she was defending her constituents.
One of my favorite speakers was the line man. He was freaking awesome.
And so was Ginny Kerslake and so were so many people.
Be proud East Whiteland residents and keep up the good work. Next stop supervisors.
And I know that the developer said at the meeting that he was doing this for the benefit of residents or something like that I’m paraphrasing. I don’t recall any residents requesting a data center so we’ll leave it at that.
The guy in the blue jacket is not the developer. I believe he was a consultant for the developer.
As for the data center, it will go there, as it has already been approved in a more primitive form. The amended plan is a huge improvement over the already approved plan, and neighbors should be careful on how far they push this developer. I believe it is the best they can expect. The developer has already made a good faith investment in the remediation of the proposed site to a level that I believe is higher than would be required of an proposed industrial use.