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 "slug": "joppa-mountain-branch-golf-course",
 "type": "golf-course",
 "name": "Mountain Branch Golf Course",
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 "county": "Massac County",
 "state": "IL",
 "country": "US",
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 "before_notes": "Draft from foxbaltimore.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: Mountain Branch Golf Course, a 275-acre golf course in Joppa, Harford County, is proposed to be redeveloped into an AI energy campus data center.",
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  "redevelop"
 ],
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  "data center"
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 "status": "proposed",
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 "developer": "Bill Vasilakopoulos",
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 "after_notes": "AI energy campus",
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 "last_updated": "2026-10-18",
 "created": "2026-10-18",
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  "already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans",
  "275 acres",
  "county shrank -3.3% 2018\u201323"
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   "slug": "status-pipeline",
   "name": "Retrofit in the pipeline",
   "grp": "finance",
   "evidence": "proposed",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
  },
  {
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   "name": "County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012",
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   "origin": "census-cbp"
  },
  {
   "slug": "place-shrinking-county",
   "name": "Shrinking county",
   "grp": "place",
   "evidence": "-3.3%",
   "origin": "census-acs"
  },
  {
   "slug": "scale-large-site",
   "name": "60+ acre site",
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   "slug": "strategy-redevelop",
   "name": "Redeveloped",
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   "evidence": "AI energy campus",
   "origin": "record"
  },
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   "slug": "use-education",
   "name": "Education",
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   "evidence": "AI energy campus",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
  }
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   "site_id": "n-03ebe50c55",
   "url": "https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/harford-county-data-center-mountain-branch-golf-course-owner-proposed-ai-project",
   "title": "As Harford County eyes data center ban, golf course owner defends ...",
   "publisher": "foxbaltimore.com",
   "date": null,
   "quote": "Mountain Branch Golf Course",
   "kind": "news",
   "license": null,
   "retrieved": "2026-10-18"
  }
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   "what_happened": "Mountain Branch Golf Course (275 acres, Joppa, IL) is proposed for redevelopment as a data center (labeled 'AI energy campus'). Developer Bill Vasilakopoulos is listed. Status is 'proposed'.",
   "why": "Record shows county housing market (ZHVI $117,414, +3.1% YoY) and retail decline (-18% establishments since 2012). County population shrank -3.3% (2018\u201323). Traffic is low (1,133 ADT on JOPPA ST, major collector).",
   "where_it_stands": "No construction permits or approvals confirmed. Peer sites (e.g., Central Manufacturing District, Chicago) have similar size/strategy but no direct relevance to this site's status. County permits show minimal residential activity (2023\u20132024).",
   "for_a_planner": [
    "Status is 'proposed'\u2014no permits or approvals noted.",
    "County shrinkage and retail decline are contextual factors.",
    "Traffic volume is low (1,133 ADT)."
   ],
   "for_a_developer": [
    "Developer named but no timeline or funding details.",
    "Peer comparisons exist but don't confirm feasibility.",
    "No evidence of active construction or approvals beyond 'proposed'."
   ],
   "risks_and_unknowns": [
    "No confirmation of planning approvals or construction start.",
    "County shrinkage and retail decline are noted but not linked to project viability.",
    "Traffic data shows low volume; no access analysis provided."
   ],
   "data_quality": "thin",
   "one_line": "Proposed 275-acre data center redevelopment (AI energy campus) on former golf course; status 'proposed' with no confirmed approvals or construction.",
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   "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)",
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   "count_25km": 1
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   "source": "USGS EPQS (3DEP)",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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   "source": "Opportunity Insights, Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones, Porter 2018)",
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     "name": "Central Manufacturing District",
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      "same strategy: redevelop",
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    {
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     "name": "Lakehurst Mall",
     "city": "Waukegan",
     "state": "IL",
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     "why": [
      "similar size (200 acres)",
      "same strategy: redevelop",
      "also in IL"
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    {
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     "name": "Wichita Falls Business Park",
     "city": "Wichita Falls",
     "state": "TX",
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     "why": [
      "similar size (225 acres)",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
     ]
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    {
     "id": "n-c09caa0e0a",
     "name": "Former Sears Headquarters",
     "city": "Hoffman Estates",
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     "score": 6.5,
     "why": [
      "similar size (273 acres)",
      "same strategy: redevelop",
      "also in IL"
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    {
     "id": "n-6d401482d8",
     "name": "W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus",
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      "same strategy: redevelop"
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    {
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     "name": "Astra Enterprise Park",
     "city": "De Soto",
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      "similar size (280 acres)",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
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   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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