NEW RUSSIA TWP., Ohio — Neighbors are pushing back against plans for a mega site on farmland in rural Lorain County. The growing debate over the future of New Russia Township comes as community leaders there are updating the township’s land use plan for future development decisions.

A recent survey found more than half of township residents were attracted to New Russia Twp. by its rural setting.

“We loved the feel of it out here. We saw the acreage, we saw the land for sale and we jumped on it,” said Erin Davis.

The local attorney and her husband built a home on Russia Road in 2015.

A decade later, she worries that the rural lifestyle is in jeopardy.

“To have it all destroyed for something that the commissioners believe that we want - or they want - on this side of the county, it’s he

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