The July 28 community meeting

Thank you to everyone who came out. If you weren't able to attend, or if you'd like to revisit any part of the discussion, you can find the full recording of the presentation and Q&A below, along with the slide deck presented during the meeting.

The recording

The presentation

Slide 1 of 13. Title slide: An Open Discussion, Building a Long-Term Partnership with Maysville.

Slide 2 of 13. What tonight is about for us: acknowledgement and listening, sharing the facts, and brainstorming the benefits together.

Slide 3 of 13. What we have heard. A Maysville resident: I would love to see our city infrastructure get upgraded, but I don't want Maysville to change. A local government official: I just can't do anything that may jeopardize the safety of my fellow community members. Top three areas of concern: water, noise, school.

Slide 4 of 13. Then and now. Then: previous leadership, preliminary planning, paperwork. Now: new leadership, advanced planning, community engagement.

Slide 5 of 13. How we will grade ourselves as a neighbor: one, safety and transparency; two, community impact; three, economic impact.

Slide 6 of 13. What are we building? Design principles: no municipal water for cooling, noise attenuation, safe operations, and no water contamination.

Slide 7 of 13. Where are we building? An aerial map of Maysville showing the project parcels outlined south of Maysville Road, between Highway 62 and the rail line, near Wheeler Creek Road.

Slide 8 of 13. What are we building? Closed-loop water design diagram: water is trucked in as the primary source and continuously recirculated through servers, a coolant distribution unit, and a dry cooler heat exchanger, so no water is wasted. A separate rainwater cistern supplies the dry cooler spray system during peak cooling conditions; rainwater does not enter the closed loop, and any non-evaporated rainwater is collected and returned to the cistern for reuse.

Slide 9 of 13. Our facility size by the numbers: a footprint around 10 percent of large scale nearby facilities, and a building height of 2 stories.

Slide 10 of 13. What this partnership delivers: 20 to 26 million dollars per year combined across Jackson County, Jackson County Schools, and the City of Maysville. Ten-year property tax revenue table: under scenario 1 (6.7 billion dollars invested), Jackson County 79.4 million, Jackson County Schools 178 million, City of Maysville 2.5 million, combined total 260 million dollars; under scenario 2 (5.4 billion dollars invested), 63.5 million, 142.4 million, 2.0 million, combined total 208 million dollars. Source: Economic Impact Group, LLC, LOCI Fiscal Impact Model, July 2026.

Slide 11 of 13. In addition, a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). Key features: not paid for by your tax revenue, legally binding, specific measurable commitments, enforceable remedies, negotiated with community input. Direct investment from RUM Group to the City of Maysville: 15 million dollars.

Slide 12 of 13. Proposed CBA categories: safety and transparency, water infrastructure investment, and community and recreation.

Slide 13 of 13. Closing slide: Let's Talk, Q and A.

Slide 1 of 13

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Download the presentation (PDF)

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