'Friday we either print packets or we go to court,' say organizers of Stratos project referendum
Weeks after Box Elder County commissioners voted to greenlight the Stratos Project, a massive data center planned for 40,000 acres of unincorporated land, many questions lingered in the same room where that decision was made. This time, with less fireworks, with different voices featured — and even more questions.
For Brenna Williams, a Brigham City resident, a more immediate question will be answered on Thursday. That day, she said Tuesday evening, she’ll know whether she’ll start to gather signatures for a referendum initiated by her Box Elder County neighbors, or if she’ll have to take steps to challenge the data center in court.
“This Thursday, we’ll find out from the county attorney what they have to say, whether we can do this or not,” Williams said. “So I guess Friday we either print packets or we go to court.”
A group of volunteers of what’s now known as the Box Elder Accountability Referendum Group, or BEAR, set up a table alongside Grow The Flow, a group advocating for the Great Salt Lake, ahead of a second public forum about the proposed data center the Military Installation Development Authority (MIDA) is working on alongside reality show “Shark Tank” celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
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