In this Newsletter: Rowan NDA MPIA Update Rowan NDA MPIA Update The County has made public a signed copy of the NDA and attachment pages with additional county official’s signatures. The county has acknowledged that this does not complete our PIA request, and will continue to release additional records which Sugarloaf Alliance will publish at https://www.sugarloaf-alliance.com/content/rowan-nda-mpia as they become available. Sugarloaf Alliance published a press release in r

In this Newsletter: Rowan NDA MPIA Rowan NDA MPIA Between at least August 9, 2023, and September 20, 2023, Frederick County negotiated a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Rowan Green Data LLC (also known as Rowan Digital Infrastructure). On September 20, 2023, Martin Romo, Rowan’s Senior Director of Economic Development Policy, emailed a signed copy of the NDA to Frederick County. The NDA was signed on September 21, 2023, by Morgan O’Neill, Rowan Green Data LLC’s AGC and Se

In this Newsletter: Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) This is an update on the DRRA mentioned in the last newsletter since the proposed agreement represents a real and quickly evolving threat to the Sugarloaf region and to County land use policies and prerogatives. Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) Despite previously announcing a moratorium on further data center development the County Executive appears to have reversed course ag

In this Newsletter: Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) Investing in Workers and Workplaces (IW2) Data Center Briefing Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) County Executive Fitzwater announced her support for a development rights and responsibilities agreement with Catellus, developer of the Quantum Frederick data center complex in Adamstown, which, if enacted, would prevent future county councils from reversing the data-center friendl

07/23/26 In This Newsletter IW2 Plan Meeting ICPRB Conference Attendance Data Center Referendum Lawsuit Update MPIA Lawsuit Update IW2 Plan Meeting The IW2 (Investing in Workers and Workplaces) plan has been sent to the county council by the planning commission. Despite continuing to have little to no analytical basis and criticism dominating the discussion of the plan, it will go before the county council on September 1st at 7:00 PM. It’s an important time for us to show up

06/09/26 In This Newsletter Data Center Referendum Lawsuit Update Election Candidate Questions Landmark Barnstormers Tour Data Center Referendum Update The legal battle continues. Will Frederick County residents get to decide elections and ballot initiatives in the county, or will out-of-state and corporate interests override the more than 21,000 residents who signed the petition to bring the data center expansion to a vote? This week, on June 12th, is the court date. Two t