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Residents had serious concerns about the project. While companies often win major tax breaks by promising jobs and economic stimulation, data centers bring few permanent jobs and can drain municipal water resources, drive up electric bills, rob cities of tax revenues, and cause damaging noise, light, and air pollution. Already, Wisconsin residents have seen some of these impacts at data center sites in Port Washington and Beaver Dam. Residents in Port Washington have complained about the disruption caused by around-the-clock construction at the new data center. Families near the construction in Beaver Dam have reported that their wells have run dry.

Although the Menomonie City Council voted to annex and rezone the land for the data center in early September [2025], pressure from local campaigners was so great that Mayor Randy Knaack announced at a Sept. 22 city council meeting that he had notified Balloonist that the city would not be moving forward with a development agreement. More good news came in January when the Menomonie City Council voted unanimously to place additional regulations on data center projects.

oh my god, you guys. it's done. i actually finally Finished The Fucking Thing. This is by far the longest and most complex thing i've written to date, and that's not even taking into account the fact that it's only one movement in my first multi-movement work. it's not perfect, but damn. i'm proud of myself 😂

it does need a good edit, as do all the other movements in this quartet, but as i'm kind of burnt out on it again i don't know when i'll get around to doing that. i'd love to look it over with a teacher or in a workshop setting, actually, since there are things i'm not happy with that i don't know how to fix or sometimes even identify the problem....but idrk where or how to find something like that in my area, so. for now, please enjoy my over-eight-minute monster baby.

here's the current state of other three movements also, if you wanna check em out (unfortuately i cant upload the full thing at once bc the audio is too big LMAO):

i've been working on this quartet for about a year and a half now, so i'm honestly very eager to switch gears to other things LOL. up next on my docket is a piano/vocals trio, which i already have the lyrics and melody for, so it might show up pretty soon~ after that i think i want to try my hand at a concert overture (my first symphonic work!! aaa!!), though that might take longer because i'm juust dipping my toes into writing for wind instruments.

KRIS : )

BONUS + alternate version below

Happy birthday majoras mask :3c , old ass game

chairiel is the world's comfiest la z boy to me

Happy pride month everyone! X3

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