Dear Friends,

With our partners on the County Council, we have now made data centers the most heavily regulated industry in Frederick County.

We cut the number of acres available for data center development in half and restricted the industry to well under 1% of our total landmass. We prevented sprawl by limiting data centers to an area with the right infrastructure for these kinds of projects.

Our community deserves direct benefits associated with the limited data center development that is occurring. Today, I announced community benefit listening sessions where you can share your ideas about what these benefits should look like:

Wednesday, February 4, at 6:30p.m. at Winchester Hall in Frederick

Thursday, February 12, at 6:30p.m. at St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor in Adamstown

Community Members will have up to three minutes to speak at either session. You can sign up in advance or submit comments using this link.

We learned the lessons of Loudoun County and regulated the industry before the first data center came online in Frederick County. Now we will work together to develop a strong community benefits agreement that will improve our quality of life.

I hope to see you at one of these events next month.

Sincerely,