BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — At our "Let's Talk" event in Batavia, Fred Kaiser told us he was worried about what he believed to be a large planned development adjacent to Ross Road and Olive Branch Stonelick Road.

When we followed up Friday, we learned it was the largest ever proposed in Batavia Township, according to Administrator Karen Swartz.

We met Kaiser on the property that's now woodland and grass-covered fields, but could eventually be 808 homes and commercial property.

"My hopes are that it will stay like this," Kaiser said, "but I know that's a pipe dream."

Kaiser said he moved to a Clermont County property in 1984 to enjoy a rural life. That property would nearly touch the proposed development.

Kaiser said it's not realistic to reject any proposed development, but he thinks t

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