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Resident questions Brightridge land purchase and lack of disclosure about crypto‑mining use
Summary
A resident urged the commission for transparency on a Brightridge land purchase — $525,000 for a parcel the county valued at about $193,600 — and asked whether the board was informed that the site would be used for cryptocurrency mining.
A Johnson City resident raised questions during public comment on July 22 about a Brightridge board land purchase and whether the sale included disclosure of an intended cryptocurrency‑mining use.
Sylvan Britney told the Washington County commission that Brightridge — described in the comment as a publicly owned utility — paid $525,000 for a parcel in Johnson City’s Buffalo Mountain Industrial Park that the county had valued at $193,600. Britney said public records (minutes) for Brightridge meetings held…
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