Shalersville

A plan to further regulate data centers in Shalersville hit a snag Oct. 14 as the Portage County Regional Planning Commission unanimously voted to table a slew of proposed conditional uses meant to make their way to the township trustees.

The grand opening of Aurora Park will be on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 1 to 5 p.m. with a ribbon cutting at 1:30 p.m. There will be food trucks, entertainment and all kinds of kids activities. The master of ceremonies will be Tracy McCool of FOX-8.

Shalersville Township trustees tweaked the township’s zoning code on Oct. 6, effectively making it more difficult for Geis Companies and Bitdeer Technologies Group to site a 750-megawatt data center campus on just over 150 acres of Geis-owned land near the Ohio Turnpike.

Shalersville’s Zoning Commission on Sept. 10 approved a handful of amendments to the township’s zoning code that could affect a contentious proposed data center campus.

Standing room-only crowds at Shalersville Town Hall don’t faze local hairstylist Tiffany Olson.

“I want to see a noise level that is what it is today,” Portage County Regional Planning Commission Director Todd Peetz said. “They shouldn't be adding any noise to the neighbors. None. Zero.”

A dedication for the new Veterans Point will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Shalersville Park. This marks a major milestone in the township’s ongoing efforts to honor local veterans and enhance community spaces. 

Emotions ran high during an Aug. 12 Regional Planning Commission meeting, when area residents once again packed Shalersville Town Hall to object to a proposed data center campus.

Shalersville Town Hall housed a more than standing-room-only crowd June 16 as area residents fired questions at Geis Companies and Bitdeer Technologies Group brass and sometimes lobbed accusations at the township trustees.

Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency and mining platform, and Geis Development have teamed up to install a sizable data center complex in Shalersville.

Interested in establishing a central donation and request-fulfillment hub in the Crestwood community? Plan on attending an organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 29 at the Village of Mantua Town Hall.

On May 13, Ravenna Township Trustee Vince Coia and staff from the Portage County Engineer’s Office attended a virtual meeting with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to discuss some troubled intersections that travel through the township.

The planning commission forwarded a resolution to Streetsboro City Council to put a 12-month moratorium on accepting applications for data centers and/or cryptocurrency centers.

The Streetsboro City School District and the City of Streetsboro entered into a memorandum of understanding to be able to utilize WSTB 88.9 FM, Streetsboro High School’s radio station, as the city’s go-to emergency radio broadcasting center.

The grant will support the creation of Veteran’s Point, featuring a U.S. flag installation, benches and landscaping enhancements.

Ravenna City Council voted to extend its moratorium on storage facilities six months before it considers allowing any more to go in.