LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — A debate is heating up over the future of a rural area of central Lorain County. As the county looks to prepare a mega site to attract high-tech development, many neighbors would prefer to preserve their rural lifestyle.

Near the Lorain County Airport, hundreds of yard signs that say “No Mega Site in New Russia Twp” have popped up in recent weeks.

“As far as this here? No, I don’t agree with it. There’s other places you can take this to and build and not destroy good ground,” said Steve Burrer.

His family’s property once sprawled for several thousand acres across New Russia and Amherst Townships. His mother still lives in the restored 1860s farmhouse on Oberlin Road and tends to the family’s remaining 6 acres.

“This has a lot of history, a lot of background. We re

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