Green Alliance of Southwest Missouri

02/26/2026

Repeat after us:NO DATA CENTERS IN JOPLIN!!

Emissions from data centers can cause breathing issues and premature deaths for those living nearby, according to a new report.

02/12/2026

THE CLOCK IS TICKING. ⏱️

If you want to speak at the next City Council meeting and share your thoughts on the annexation and rezoning of Wildwood Ranch, submit your request here: https://tinyurl.com/2-17signup

UPDATE: There is NO DEADLINE to address council for the data center issues (ordinances 256 & 257). You can sign up to speak about items listed on the agenda all the way up to the start of the meeting! Our chance to be heard will be at the end of the meeting (under item 12), so the council will have plenty of time to think about the impact their vote will have on all of our futures.

We need development that protects our resources instead of draining them. Let our council members know that their neighbors don’t support a data center in Joplin, and we’re ready to fight back!

📍 WHERE: Corley Auditorium (MSSU)

⏰ WHEN: February 17th, 6:00 PM

Bring a neighbor, bring a friend, and let’s protect Joplin’s future together. 🌱

01/29/2026

JPL TOMORROW!! ACTION!

🚨 URGENT:

JSTA is Taking Action on a New Opportunity!

Joplin, your voices are being heard—not just on the streets, but in our inbox!

A fellow community member recently reached out with a brilliant, time-sensitive strategy: a Written Objection Petition to put an immediate pause on the annexation of Wildwood Ranch. This forces the developer to re-evaluate their contract and gives us more time to put our environmental protections in place. After reviewing the legal details, the JSTA has agreed to officially sponsor and lead this effort. We are stronger together, and we are proud to be the platform that turns community ideas into action.

This is a powerful legal tool that can halt the data center development in its tracks, but because it has a much shorter legal deadline, we have to move fast!

🎯 GOAL: 1,200 signatures.

🛑DEADLINE: Monday, February 2nd.

If you want to ensure the council’s vote doesn't go unchallenged, we need you on the ground NOW.

🗓️ WHEN:

Thursday, January 29th @ 6–7 PM

📍 WHERE:

Joplin Public Library, Conference Room 3

This is what community-led action looks like. Let’s take this idea across the finish line together. See you tomorrow night!

01/23/2026

A group of Joplin residents say they’re trying to provide citizen oversight of the Joplin Police Department’s use of one of the latest controversial law enforcement technologies, which has already been misused by one JPD officer.

01/22/2026

JOPLIN DATA CENTER UPDATE

I just talked to the City Clerk office in Joplin and the annexation and rezoning of the Wildwood Ranch property is NOT final yet. The City has another meeting Monday, February 2nd at 6pm.

I was told because this is a regular City Council meeting, anyone wishing to speak must sign up before the meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.

To sign up:
- Go to joplinmo.org
- Click Departments (top of the page)
- Scroll down to City Clerk’s Office
- Click Address City Council at a Future Meeting (top left)
- Scroll down to the form
- Select February 2, 2026 – 6:00 p.m. as the meeting date

The meeting agenda will be posted January 29 by noon. I'm told to look for
Council Bill 2026‑256 it should appear under Item 12: Ordinances – Second Reading and Third Reading. I'm told this will be one of the last bills discussed at the meeting.

If you want your voice heard on this issue, now is the time to get signed up and show up.