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Residents press county commissioners on redistricting split and ask about data center oversight
Summary
Two Ravenna residents urged the board to respond to recent congressional redistricting that split the county and asked whether proposed land‑preservation rules will cover data centers; residents also raised property‑level flooding concerns and fears about groundwater from data centers.
Two members of the public used the April 13 public comment period to raise political and land‑use concerns with the Portage County Board of Commissioners.
Rochelle Eaton of Ravenna told the board she was "devastated" that parts of Portage County — including Kent and Streetsboro — are no longer in the same congressional district and said the split reduces continuity of representation. "It's to me, it's just really sad that our county has been cut up... someone, you know, a…
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