- Residents in Columbia, Pennsylvania successfully stopped a land sale that would have brought a data center to the area through local organizing efforts.
A celebratory Instagram post from a Pennsylvania civic group is drawing attention after residents in Columbia packed a Borough Council meeting and helped stop a land sale that could have brought a data center to the area.
The post, shared by Lancaster Stands Up (@lancasterstandsup), served as a reminder that local organizing can still shape what gets built in a community.
In the post’s caption, Lancaster Stands Up said residents had only “weeks notice” of the proposed sale but still canvassed, phone-banked, and spoke with as many neighbors as possible before the meeting…