Cedar Bog Association

05/06/2026

City council has advanced the proposed data center zoning rollback to the planning commission. The planning commission meeting is May 18th, 6 pm. Location will be announced. This is a big meeting! Please be there!

05/01/2026

Important announcement:
All Urbana City Council meetings thru 2026will be held at Urbana elementary/middle school dining commons, 1673 S. US HWY 68, Urbana Ohio! Coming up May 5th, 6:00 pm!
All meetings are important!! City Council will be discussing taking the Data Center verbiage out of the M1 zoning. Please go and support this move!

04/23/2026

Next planning commission meeting Monday, April 27th,
6 pm
205 S. Main, Urbana. Keep informed, keep engaged!

04/22/2026

Cheryl, Jill, and Connie represented Cedar Bog at tonight’s city council meeting. Cheryl gave a copy of a letter sent to Senator Manchester and Representative Barhorst, written by Megan Wood, Executive Director and CEO of Ohio History Connection explaining the need to “prioritize the long-term protection of Cedar Bog Nature Preserve.”, to City Council members and the Mayor.
Cheryl also invited them to attend our dedication into the Old Growth Forest Network and our Earth Day Walk.
Data Center Developers have a website, Urbanaohiodatacenter.com, where they published “Facts” and “Myths.” We will be responding to this in the near future, as we take issue with some of these “facts” and “myths!”

Urbana Data Center: Learn about the proposed $1 Billion+ data center near Rte. 55 and Rte. 68 in Urbana, Ohio — private capital, local construction and operations jobs, new tax revenue for the city, dedicated funding for local schools, and infrastructure improvements.

04/18/2026

VENUE CHANGE

******Location Update*****
Location of City Council meeting on Tue. @ 6 now says Fire Dept. on Market st. NOT county building

04/16/2026

🎂 Happy 50th Birthday, Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves! 🎉
📸 This photo, taken in April 1952, shows Elizabeth Argast during a walk in Cedar Bog north of Woodburn Road. The property was purchased by the state in 1942—seven years before Ohio Department of Natural Resources was formed and more than three decades before the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves came into existence.

🤩 Cedar Bog was officially dedicated as a state nature preserve in 1979. Today, it remains the largest and finest calcareous bog or fen in Ohio.

04/15/2026

Next City Council meeting April 21st, 6:00 pm, 1512 S Rte. 68! Stay engaged!

04/15/2026

The Moratorium Committee met this evening. We have two people on the committee who will be sharing research related to Cedar Bog and the implications of having a data center a few miles from us. It was an organizational meeting and a few citizens had questions and comments. The work has begun! According to the moratorium, the committee will research impacts and make a recommendation to the city based on our findings.

04/14/2026

News from tonight’s zoning appeal meeting: Thor developers asked for a continuance until May for their appeal. Zoning board denied request.
Thor, etc. appealed the findings of the last zoning board meeting and the appeal was denied. They will now take the case to court.
Cheers to the Zoning Board of Appeals for standing tall!

04/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who showed up at the town hall meeting last night. We hope you learned something new! The next scheduled date will be a Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on Monday, April 13th at 6:00 @ 205 S Main St. Urbana, OH (The Training Room). This is where Thor Enterprises is trying to appeal their zoning from the previous BZA meeting. It is crucial that we speak out against Thor! Please arrive a few minutes before 6 PM and sign up to address your concerns.

The first Moratorium Committee meeting will be held on April 14th, same time, same place. If you have questions you would like answered, please come and submit them to the committee!

04/07/2026

REMINDER! Town hall meeting today, 6:00 pm, Rabbit Barn at the Champaign County Fairgrounds! Stay engaged! The statewide petition to ban data centers will be available to sign!