Allenwood, Pa. — Residents filed back to their homes after Monday's Gregg Township meeting in Union County. Behind their houses, a gray monolith dominated the horizon: a new 478,400-square-foot building.Â
"Once that comes in, it's going to destroy everything,"Â Dilshan Gamaralalage said standing on his porch, gesturing toward the site of one of PNK Group's proposed data centers. This one, on the south side of Great Stream Commons, is less than 200 yards away from his home.
Dilshan Gamaralalage with his family on their front porch after the township meeting.
Laura Ulrich
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Gamaralalage's garage eclipsing the data center's proposed home.
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Lisa Hollenbach counted 109 people who came to the meeting.
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Red shirts became a trademark for anti-data center citizens during the "Say No!" movement in Montour County, where activists pushed back against Talen Energy's development encroaching on Montour Preserve.
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Matthew DeWire, a teacher at Williamsport Area High School, has lived in Gregg Township for 19 years.Â
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Richard Schoch, the township's hired attorney — not the solicitor, Jenna Neidig — stands flanking the supervisors.
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