Project River, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
2 events, April 2026 to September 17, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 2 statements, 2 figures from other sources and 6 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Tennessee.
A plain date is the day it happened, as the source states it, or as the line's own sentence states it ("voted on July 6"), which is where the line sits even when it was filed later. "Reported" and a date is the day a source published a line that carries no date of its own. Those lines, and lines that describe rather than report an act, sit under their month rather than on the timeline, with what was said and the figures other sources gave. Every timeline on the site reads its lines by this one rule. How dates are read.
Stages
2026 2 events
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 21, 2026)
Decision · Bradley County (county)
New setback rules passed in April 2026 effectively block viable development, according to SDCL local3news.com
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reported
Project River proposal includes construction of two biomass plants to power a possible data center, robotics or semiconductor manufacturing facility [2]
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Also in September 2026: 2 statements, 2 figures from other sources and 6 lines that are not events of their own
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · Sierra Club
Project River data center campus would destroy generational farmland in Bradley County www.sierraclub.org local outlet
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Entry
Project River site is 850 acres with plans for biomass plants, fire station, EMS facility, and police precinct [2]
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Decision · Cleveland (city)
City requiring nine studies to be performed before project gets final approval clevelandbanner.com
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Decision · Cleveland (city)
Wright Brothers Construction accepted City of Cleveland's proposed ordinance for Project River clevelandbanner.com
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Decision · Cleveland (city)
City of Cleveland announced it is drafting a planned unit development ordinance for Project River on 850 acre site on Lower River Road clevelandbanner.com
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · Joe Fivas, City Manager
City manager Joe Fivas clarified city is still drafting PUD, expects completion by 5 p.m. Friday Sept. 18 www.clevelandbanner.com local outlet
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Figure · www.clevelandbanner.com
300,000,000 to 700,000,000 dollars: City preliminary estimates show Project River could bring 300 to 700 million dollars over 10 years to county, city schools and county schools www.clevelandbanner.com local outlet
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Figure · www.clevelandbanner.com
2,700 jobs: Project River could bring up to 2,700 new jobs to Bradley community www.clevelandbanner.com local outlet
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Entry
An east Tennessee family asked Cleveland officials to delay action on Project River data center [1]
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Decision · Bradley County (county)
Setback regulations adopted in response to community concerns local3news.com
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For researchers
- Slug
- project-river-bradley-tn
- Status value
- rumored
- Events on the timeline
- 2
- Under the months
- 10
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 5
- Statements
- 2
- Figures
- 2
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 6