The News-Herald Opinion: Perry doesn’t have to keep going back to the well
The News-Herald editorial board got it right in its May 9 analysis of levy fatigue in Lake County: passing levies is hard, and it is getting harder. The May 5 primary underscored the point. Perry Joint Fire District scraped through with a 5-mill levy. Mentor Schools watched a 4.9-mill levy lose by more than 1,200 votes […]
More flaws with that “Harvard” study on diesel emissions
In an earlier post “Why the Virginia Data Center Study Does Not Apply to the Perry Technology Park” dated May 20, 2026 on the www.PerryTechnologyPark.com website, we shared information about a study circulating among Perry community members that claimed a data center’s air emissions posed significant public health risks. We want to share another key […]
Why the Michigan Policy Paper Does Not Describe What Perry Residents Should Expect
Why the Michigan Policy Paper Does Not Describe What Perry Residents Should Expect Perry Village, Ohio | May 2026 A July 2025 paper titled “What Happens When Data Centers Come to Town?”, authored by Terry Nguyen (BA, Public Policy) and Ben Green (Assistant Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan), […]
Why the Virginia Data Center Study Does Not Apply to the Perry Technology Park
Why the Virginia Data Center Study Does Not Apply to the Perry Technology Park Perry Village, Ohio | May 2026 A February 2026 paper titled “Air Quality, Health, and Economic Impacts of the Vantage Data Center Facility,” authored by Michael Cork, PhD, MPH (EmPower Analytics Group / Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) […]
Perry Resident QA Response
Perry Technology Park Data Center Perry Village, Ohio | May 2026 The following responses address specific questions submitted by a Perry Village resident about the Perry Technology Park data center project at Champion Farm. Each response is grounded in the project’s specific design, commitments, and applicable regulatory requirements. Environmental & Wildlife Q: Have any […]
New Revenues – not a shift of tax burden to residents!
We wanted to clarify a misunderstanding about an important aspect of a property tax abatement. It has been suggested that when a tax abatement is granted, the abated portion of the taxes is somehow allocated to other taxpayers in the taxing district; this is not the case. The other taxpayers are not required to pay […]
Perry Technology Park Developer Proposes Nearly $380 Million for Perry
Newport Equities CEO Addresses Perry Village Council April 23 to Present Community Investment Package PERRY VILLAGE, Ohio, April 23, 2026— Newport Equities, LLC CEO Mark Kerslake appeared before Perry Village Council tonight to present a community investment package tied to the proposed Perry Technology Park data center campus. If approved, the project would deliver nearly […]