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Rally on December 5th!



Join your friends & neighbors in downtown Urbana to learn more about the presence of industrial wind in Champaign County and what it will mean for you and your property rights. It should be informative and inspiring! We all need to realize that this county belongs to the people who live here, not the state of Ohio and certainly not the wind industry. See you in the Square on December 5th!
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