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Per the East Vincent Advocacy Group:
Defending our Community & Defeating Pennhurst Data Center Monday night, the future of the historic Pennhurst campus enters a critical phase. Our community must be ready to stand up in the hearings and in the courts.
Date: Monday, March 16
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: East Vincent Elementary School, 340 Ridge Rd, Spring City
Two Futures for Pennhurst - What do you choose?
Future 1
Build the 1.4 million sq. foot Hyperscale Data Center with accompanying heavy industrial uses and the Pennhurst Campus is Completely Demolished.
A 550 mw gas fired power plant is planned to replace the Administration building.
The current site plan for the 1.4 million sf data center buildings. Complete demolition of the historic campus to construct:
1.4-million-square-foot hyperscale data center complex
550-MW gas-fired power plant
160 backup generators
An industrial energy facility producing emissions, industrial noise, and enormous energy and water demand that will affect communities, wildlife, and natural resources within a five-mile radius of the Pennhurst campus.
Future 2
Pennhurst Campus Preserved and Repurposed
A nationally significant historic campus and a powerful symbol of civil rights history -
preserved, restored, and thoughtfully reused for future generations that is compatible with surrounding neighborhoods and the National Schuylkill Heritage Corridor.
Pennhurst Administration Building and the Campus can be adaptively reused.
The Conditional Use Hearings will begin for the proposed 1.4 million square foot (sf) Pennhurst hyperscale data center complex and the proposed 550‑MW gas‑powered power plant as well as up to 160 backup generators planned for the 123-acre historic Pennhurst campus.
If approved, this project would significantly and irreversibly harm our township residents, the veterans who live and receive care at the Southeastern Veterans Center, and the surrounding communities within the five‑mile impact area.
The scale of this proposal — including a utility‑scale gas power plant, multiple industrial buildings, and hundreds of backup generators — would introduce industrial impacts never before experienced in our rural region.
This is not a typical public meeting.
✅ Conditional Use Hearings function much like courtroom proceedings where sworn testimony and evidence become part of the legal record. That record often becomes the basis for appeals in the courts, where major land‑use decisions are frequently decided.
✅ East Vincent Advocacy (EVA) will stand with the community: Just as we did in the Artisan Construction Group plan known as the Bechtel Farm at Stony Run case, East Vincent Advocacy will request Party Status to defend the rights of our citizens, protect our neighborhoods, and uphold the integrity of our community to defeat Data Centers at Pennhurst.
Here is the reality
✅This case is very likely to be appealed in the courts, and only licensed attorneys are permitted to argue those cases before a judge. Without experienced legal representation now, our community cannot ensure that the evidence and testimony needed for those appeals are properly entered into the record.
✅ For the past six years, East Vincent Advocacy has worked tirelessly to protect our residents, the rural character, environmental resources, and historic heritage of our township. We have:
Researched zoning law
Engaged planning experts
Organized community outreach
Successfully defended EV in Zoning and Conditional Use Hearings as well as the Chester County Court of Common Pleas and in the Commonwealth Courts of PA.
Helped bring new ideas, fresh energy, and a renewed focus on accountability and transparency to township matters.
Brought together residents who care deeply about East Vincent’s future.
Because of this work, the Pennhurst proposal is now receiving the scrutiny it deserves, including the unanimous recommendation of denial from the East Vincent Planning Commission.
But the work is far from over.
This is a defining moment for East Vincent
What we allow at Pennhurst will shape our residents quality of life, our landscape and natural resources, and our sense of community for generations.
Our Community’s Voice
Depends on Legal Representation
East Vincent Advocacy (EVA) is over 1,000 strong as a community organization. If our community works together, even small contributions can ensure we have the legal representation needed to defend East Vincent.
Be sure to Sign our Petition
to be legally represented as part of our Group Party Status.
Fundraising Appeal
Many of your neighbors have already stepped forward and donated to the EVA Legal Defense Fund. The momentum is growing — and every additional contribution helps ensure we can sustain this fight to defeat this plan through the hearings and into the courts if necessary.
What Your Donation Supports
Just 10 neighbors contributing $100 can fund the legal preparation needed for one hearing. That preparation costs approximately $1,000 and covers legal strategy development, document review, and preparation to challenge the developer’s experts.
If there are four hearings, 40 contributions of $100 will ensure we are fully prepared for each session.
If 22 neighbors contribute $40 we can fund legal representation for one four‑hour Conditional Use Hearing. Each hearing costs approximately $880 in legal representation.
If there are four hearings, 88 contributions of $40 will ensure our attorney can represent our community at every session.
Even smaller contributions matter. Every donation strengthens our ability to present the strongest possible case and demonstrates that our community is united in protecting East Vincent, the Southeastern Veterans Center, and residents within the five‑mile impact area of this project.