Dawn Hahnfeld moved into her eastern Independence home off Bly Road in 2017, where she could be in the country without leaving the comforts of the city a few minutes away.
There’s a bald eagle that nests in the area and plenty of deer. Soon, there could be a massive artificial intelligence data center. Hahnfeld said she only found out about the development when her husband spoke to heavy equipment operators who came in to grade the land.
“Going through my mind right now is, am I ever going to be able to sell my home?” Hahnfeld said. “Who’s going to want to live next to that? But my biggest issue is the environmental and health issues and concerns that we have.”…