It comes down to turnout.
Vote yes on Issue 28.

Subject: A local issue on our November ballot I care about Hi [Name], You're going to see Issue 28 near the bottom of your Grove City ballot this November, and I wanted to tell you about it before you get there, because it's easy to miss. Issue 28 is the Community Consent Amendment. It says that if a developer wants to build something big enough to permanently change Grove City - 50+ acres, 20+ megawatts of power, or 500,000+ gallons of water a day - they have to win a public vote before it gets approved. That's it. It doesn't ban anything. It doesn't touch restaurants, offices, ordinary retail, or small manufacturing, because none of them come anywhere near those numbers. And nothing already operating here faces a retroactive public vote on what it is doing today. The reason it matters: a Texas developer spent 2025 in talks with the city about a 300+ acre data center campus off Rensch Road. Residents didn't hear about it until this year. We showed up and it was turned away. But nothing in current law stops the next one. Issue 28 puts the decision in the Charter, where council can't quietly undo it. Early voting starts October 6 and Election Day is November 3. If you're not registered at your current address, the deadline is October 5. Would you vote yes with me? And if you think it's worth passing along, please do. [Your Name]

Subject: Letter to the Editor - Grove City Issue 28 To the Editor, Grove City voters will decide Issue 28 on November 3. It deserves more attention than it is getting. Issue 28, the Community Consent Amendment, requires a public vote before any project large enough to reshape the city - 50 acres, 20 megawatts, or 500,000 gallons of water a day - can be approved. It bans nothing. It names no company and no industry; the trigger is scale, which is the harder standard to game. It simply says a project of that size has to make its case to the people who will live next to it. [Replace this paragraph with your own reason. What worries you? Water, power costs, truck traffic, noise, property values, the precedent of finding out after the fact? One specific, honest reason in your own words is worth more than any talking point.] A Texas developer spent 2025 in talks with the city about a 300+ acre data center campus off Rensch Road. Residents didn't hear about it until this year. It was turned away because people showed up. Nothing in current law stops the next one. Issue 28 puts that protection in the Charter, where council cannot quietly reverse it. I am voting yes on Issue 28. I hope my neighbors will too. [Your Name] [Your Street, Grove City, OH] [Daytime phone - required by most outlets, not published]

Subject: I'm Voting Yes on Issue 28 - Grove City Resident, [Ward] Dear Council Member [Name], I'm a Grove City resident in [Ward / your neighborhood]. I'm writing to let you know that I'm voting yes on Issue 28 on November 3, and to tell you why, since I'd rather you hear it from me directly than read it in a result. [This is the part that matters. Put your own reason here, in your own words. A few examples of the shape it might take, none of which you should copy: - I've lived on [street] for [number] years and I found out about the Rensch Road proposal from a neighbor, not from the city. That's the part I can't get past. - I'm not against development. I'm against finding out after the decision is made. - I have kids at [school] and I want to know what gets built near them before it's approved, not after. - I've watched what happened to [community] and I don't want to be reading about Grove City that way in three years.] I understand Council's position on the amendment and I'm not asking you to change it. I'm asking you to know that this is how at least one of the people you represent is voting, and that the reason is about who gets to decide, not about any one company. If Issue 28 passes, I hope Council will implement it in good faith. If it doesn't, I hope the concerns behind it still get taken seriously. Thank you for your service to Grove City. Sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Address] [Your Email / Phone]