Residents Organizing for Our Tomorrow
Pacific Residents Organizing for Our Tomorrow Coalition conducts community organizing, education, research, advocacy, and collaboration on development, land use, and environmental and infrastructure issues in the Pacific region.
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This store is operated by Pacific ROOT Coalition, LLC (Residents Organizing for Our Tomorrow).
Pacific ROOT Coalition was formed by local residents to organize, educate, and advocate for responsible land use and infrastructure decisions that protect our community’s future.
While data centers are often presented as isolated developments, their real-world impacts extend far beyond a single parcel of land. Noise and light pollution, water strain, power grid stress, environmental risk, and declining property values affect surrounding neighborhoods and the region as a whole.
Proceeds from merchandise sales will be used by Pacific ROOT Coalition, LLC to support community organizing, public information efforts, and necessary legal and professional services, ensuring these proposed developments receive proper scrutiny before irreversible harm is done.
This is about transparency, accountability, and giving residents a collective voice in decisions that shape our tomorrow.
Current Initiatives
Franklin County residents, groups sue to stop data center rezoning and projects
As of, October 16, Judge Craig Hellmann signed FCRC’s writ of certiorari.
The court ordered Franklin County to produce the complete official record within 30 days after service. The County was also commanded to take no action to enforce or implement the four challenged orders “as to the subject properties pending further order of this Court.”
FCRC’s case covers the countywide data-center regulations, both Diamond rezonings, and the Beltline/Crooked Creek rezoning.
This is not a final ruling on the merits, but it is an important step. Both cases are now moving forward, the full records must be produced, and the challenged approvals cannot be implemented as to the subject properties unless the court orders otherwise.
Public Awareness
Pacific Root Coalition was formed and the community unites to expand the reach of awareness as this does not just effect direct neighbors, the city, the county but all surrounding communities. Without real answers and specific plans we are left with comparing to cities that have similar experiences that has raised concern with power, water, and pollution.
Elliot Davis joined a small local group in Pacific, MO to spread the word on the lack of transparency of the plans.
How it Started
Two days after the Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission tabled a proposed data center in Villa Ridge for six months, a concerned citizen mailed letters to nearby residents stating that the neighboring farm had begun the process of annexing the property for potential sale as a data center site.
On Tuesday, January 27, a $16 billion data park was formally proposed, raising significant questions within the community. Sam Dean and Alison Quennoz-Felts have taken the lead in promoting transparency, conducting thorough research, and advocating to ensure the community is informed and engaged throughout the process.
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We use this platform to update you with information we receive to keep the public up to date with the transparency on the latest communication with the recent proposal.