

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Public hearing date for data center challenge
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Who's in?! If you are in Carbon County and you are opposed to data centers, please stand with us and attend! 

Why this hearing is taking place: Mele Bros. Realty has filed a Substantive Validity Challenge, claiming the township’s zoning is exclusionary and seeking site-specific relief for a data center on its property.

What this means: Mele Bros. Realty wants to build a data center on its property and has filed a legal challenge against the township to make that happen. If they win, they could receive site-specific relief allowing a data center to move forward on that property.

About the Curative Amendment: Although the Curative Amendment has been passed and is now in effect, the Mele Bros. challenge is still active. That's because the Substantive Validity Challenge was filed before the amendment was adopted, and the Zoning Hearing Board still must determine what effect, if any, the new ordinance has on that pending case. In other words, the passage of the Curative Amendment did not automatically make the challenge disappear. The hearing is still important because the Board may need to decide whether the amendment cured the alleged defect or whether Mele Bros. can continue pursuing site-specific relief for its property.

Why public participation matters: A full room matters. Public attendance shows that Penn Forest residents are paying attention, taking this threat seriously, and standing together in opposition to inappropriate data center development. Community presence sends a clear message to the Challenger and the Mele Bros.: this township is not asleep at the wheel.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jim-thorpe/public-hearing-date-for-data-center-challenge/200029825287327
- **Event Categories**: contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 92

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029825287327?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=jim+thorpe-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Jim Thorpe
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Penn's Peak
- **lat**: 40.88379
- **long**: -75.68014
- **full address**: Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Rd,Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Penn Forest Data Center Updates (https://allevents.in/org/penn-forest-data-center-updates/27590133)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Rd,Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Penn Forest Data Center Updates
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Public hearing date for data center challenge ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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