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🌱 How could a 400-acre data center reshape life near Lovejoy schools?

Lovejoy, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Lovejoy! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could a 400-acre data center reshape life near Lovejoy schools?

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 72 degrees.
  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 72. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 92 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Clayton officials engaging in more data center talks with residents as 400-acre campus proposal looms in Lovejoy (wabe.org) — A massive 400-acre data center campus is being proposed in Lovejoy near Michelle Obama Elementary and Eddie White Middle, and county leaders are fielding tough questions from residents about health, zoning, and oversight. Clayton commissioners have paused new data centers in unincorporated areas, but Lovejoy isn’t covered, so city officials are weighing a regional impact review and possible local moratoriums before deciding.
   

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    Monday August 3
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💬 Chatter

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  • Southern States, LLC posted a job opening for Bender Threader 4 - 1st shift in Hampton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hampton

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Jonesboro

  • Metro Atlanta dog euthanized after biting prisoner and staff, but was it state protocol? (atlantanewsfirst.com)

Riverdale

  • Rick Ross Still Reigns as 'The Boss' at 'Set In Stone' In-Store Pop-Up (sheenmagazine.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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