Local –
Sunbury Residents to Vote on Charter Amendment Banning Data Centers
- Sunbury City Council unanimously certified a proposed charter amendment during its July 15 meeting to place it on the Nov. 3 election ballot.
- Residents in Sunbury in Delaware County – as well as Pataskala in Licking County – collected signatures for charter amendments in their respective cities to prohibit the construction of data centers with a peak load of more than 25 megawatts.
- Ohio has the sixth most data centers in the country – 224 throughout the state – with 139 of those in central Ohio, according to a list of all current and under-development listings provided by Data Center Map, a global data center directory.
National –
ADVOCACY WIN!: After 21 Months of Advocacy, NAR Leadership Held Deliver Landmark Housing Law
- More than 21 months ago, the National Association of REALTORS® set out with an ambitious goal: build bipartisan support for the most significant federal housing package in a generation.
- That effort culminated today as the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act officially became law—a sweeping package of nearly 50 individual housing measures designed to increase housing supply, improve affordability, expand access to homeownership, strengthen housing finance and support veterans.
- The legislation marks the culmination of one of NAR’s largest coordinated advocacy campaigns in recent years.
New NAR Survey Finds Americans Value Neighborhood Walkability
- A new survey by the National Association of REALTORS® shows that Americans value walkability, mixed-use neighborhoods and a broad range of housing choices.
- 89% say sidewalks and places to walk are important when deciding where to live.
- Nearly two-thirds (63%) say they would be willing to pay more to live in a community where they could easily walk to parks, shops, and restaurants.
- 46% of respondents say it should be a high priority for local governments to make it easier to develop communities where people do not have to drive long distances to work or shop. 39% say it should be a middle priority.
- NAR’s Community and Transportation Preference Survey is a triennial survey of 2,000 residents in America’s 50 largest metropolitan areas to assess their preferences related to NAR’s Smart Growth principals.
