🌱 Patch AM: How new data center rules could shape Mount Pleasant’s future projects

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In today's newsletter:

• How new data center rules could shape Mount Pleasant’s future projects

Also on today's calendar: Furry Tales Story Time and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, a shower; breezy, with a high of 47 and low of 23 degrees.
• Wednesday: Much colder with some snow, temps: high: 26, low: 17. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 26 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wisconsin data center bills; lawmakers debate regulation tactics (fox6now.com) — State lawmakers are weighing new rules that could directly affect any future data centers proposed in Mount Pleasant, especially who pays for new power lines and how much water they can use. Competing Republican and Democratic bills would shift infrastructure costs to data center developers, tighten water reporting, and potentially require high levels of renewable energy, responding to growing public concern about the tradeoffs of these massive facilities.
   

📸 Around Mount Pleasant

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant

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★ Featured events ★

Friday January 16

• Kids Night Out at the Wisconsin Humane Society (Racine Campus)
  Wisconsin Humane Society Racine Campus, 8900 16th St, Mt Pleasant
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday January 21

• Furry Tales Story Time
  Wisconsin Humane Society Racine Campus , 8900 16th St , Mt Pleasant
  10:30 am

Thursday January 22

• Jersey Mike's Fundraiser Event
  Goodland El , 2860 S Green Bay Rd Suite 300 , Mt Pleasant
• Continuous Improvement Roundtable (1 of 6)
  Gateway Technical College SC Johnson Imet Center , Room 252 , Mount Pleasant
  9:00 am
• Quickbooks Training Series - Session 2
  Gateway's SC Johnson iMET Center , 2320 Renaissance Blvd Auditorium , Mount Pleasant
  5:00 pm
• Business Blender - Butcher and Barrel
  Racine Area Mfr-Commerce Inc , 230 Main Street , Mount Pleasant
  5:00 pm

Friday January 23

• 25.26 Gifford Employee Holiday Party
  Roma Lodge , 7130 Spring St , Mt Pleasant
  6:00 pm

Saturday January 31

• Jon Allegretto
  Reefpoint Brew House , 2 Christopher Columbus Causeway , Racine
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday January 13

• WiscoREIA Racine-Kenosha: Vision Planning & Goal Setting
  Route 20 , 14001 Washington Ave , Sturtevant
  5:30 pm
• Title Night - Winter Event
  Knapp El , 2701 17th St , Racine
  5:30 pm
• MEMBER EVENT: Dale Carnegie Course
  Country Inn & Suites , 7011 122nd Avenue , Kenosha
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• 3rd Grade (Escobedo) Field Trip to the Golden Rondelle
  SC Johnson Golden Rondelle , 1525 Howe St , Racine
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I just drove past Indian Hills apartments Racine.
  They have a sign on GreenBay Rd saying they have 1 & 2 bedroom apartments for rent. (Nextdoor Warwick Way)

🗞 Nearby News

Racine

• Uncorkt, a Racine wine and beer store, is for sale including inventory (jsonline.com)
• Waterford's physical defense stuns unbeaten Beloit Memorial in SLC showdown (racinecountyeye.com)
• Racine nonprofit leaders look to raise awareness following financial collapse of Flipcause (tmj4.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I took its bike away.
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