WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IT'S THE LARGEST AMERICAN INVESTMENT OF ITS KIND EVER, EVER, EVER IN OUR HISTORY.

9,000 JOBS!

FROM Ph.D.s AND ENGINEERS... [ APPLAUSE ] HVAC TECHNICIANS, MACHINE OPERATORS, WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $100,000 A YEAR.

AND TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE JOBS ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

IT'S GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE FUTURE IS MADE IN AMERICA.

ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE SEASON PREMIER OF ON THE MONEY -- I'M DANIEL PLUFF AND VERY PLEASED TO KICK OFF WCNY'S POPULAR SERIES.

EACH WEEK WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU INTERESTING AND TIMELY REPORTS ON BUSINESSES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND PEOPLE ALL IMPACTING CENTRAL NEW YORK.

AND WHAT A KICKOFF IT IS TONIGHT AS WE OPEN WITH THIS SPECIAL ONE HOUR REPORT ON WHAT MANY ARE CALLING THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC NEWS TO EVER HIT OUR REGION.

OVER A YEAR AGO, WE ALL HEARD THE NEWS: MICRON TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A ONE HUNDRED BILLION CHIP PLANT HERE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

THE DOLLARS ALONE ARE MIND BENDING.

AND WHILE IT SEEMED NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, WE'LL SEE TONIGHT WHAT'S UNDERWAY, WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PROSPECTS CAN'T BE OVERSTATED, SO WE'VE INVITED AN ALL-STAR PANEL TO TAKE US THROUGH THE DETAILS, ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS AND SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE IMPACT MICRON WILL HAVE -- THIS, IS GETTING INTERESTING....SO, LET'S WELCOME OUR GUESTS: WE BEGIN FIRST JOINING US ARE ROB SIMPSON, REPRESENTING CENTERSTATE CEO, THE CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

ALSO WITH US TONIGHT, DR. WARREN HILTON FROM SUNY ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHO I HOPE WILL SPEAK TO US ABOUT NOT ONLY THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS BUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN EMPLOYEES FOR THE NEEDS OF MICRON.

WELCOME.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON SET TONIGHT.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO TRAINING THOSE TECHNICIANS.

KEVIN YOUNIS FROM EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT, MELANIE LITTLEJOHN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU WITH US TONIGHT.

ARE YOU BASED OUT OF ALBANY.

>> YES.

>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN SYRACUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> MELANIE LITTLEJOHN FROM YOU ARE RECEIVING DOUBLE PAY.

YOU ARE SERVING TWO ROLES, FIRST AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL GRID, ONONDAGA COUNTY RYAN McMAHON, I THINK I CAN CALL YOU OUR FRIEND.

I DO HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.

ONONDAGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO HAS BEEN ON THIS PROJECT SINCE EVEN BEFORE DAY ONE.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

HOW CAN YOU DO A SHOW WITHOUT SOME BE FROM MICRON.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE SCOTT GATZEMEIER VISITING FROM BOISE IDAHO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GIBB THIS.

THERE ARE SO MANY PARTS AND PIECES ON WHAT IS A VERY BIGGIE VENT FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

I WANT TO START, I GUESS, LOOKING BACK, RYAN REALLY OVER A YEAR AGO.

BIG NEWS ITEM, LOTS OF PRESS, PRESIDENT BIDEN FLIES INTO TOWN, RIGHT, AIR FORCE ONE AND ALL OF THAT FOR THIS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT TO THE CASUAL OBSERVER, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

BUT THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN NOW.

>> OVERALL, YOU GO THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE, WHICH WAS A LONG ONE, BY THE WAY, AND THEN IT'S AN AMAZING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.

AND THEN YOU TRANSITION INTO EXECUTION AND CERTAINLY HAVING, BEING WITH GOVERNOR HOCHUL, SENATOR SCHUMM SENATOR SCHUMER, SANJAY, ALL THE TEAMS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FOR THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ONE SET OF MOMENTUM BUT THEN TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COME IN, CERTAINLY, I THINK, MADE IT... >> BUT BRING US UP TO SPEED.

THINGS ARE ACTUALLY-- THERE WAS A BIT OF A LAKING THERE FOR A-- THERE WAS VISUAL A LAKING.

THE REALITY IS TO EXECUTE ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS,IT TAKES A TON OF WORK AND WE HAVE HAD TEAMS FROM MICRON ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE WORKING EVERY DAY ON THIS SITE AND GETTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS DONE.

WE'VE HAD TEAMS WITH CENTERSTATE C.E.O.

AND MICRON AND AL ALL OF OUR HIGHER ED PARTNERS, Dr. HILTON, A NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM WAS FORMED WITH HIGHER ED TALENT.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY WHERE MELANIE AND KEVIN AND ROB.

>> I THINK YOU ARE MAKING THE POINT.

I THINK I GOT IT.

I THINK I CAN MOVE ON.

>> I COULD TALK FOR AN HOUR.

>> OKAY, BUT HERE IS THE FOLLOW-UP THOUGH, AND YOU HEARD PEOPLE, THERE ARE SOME NAYSAYERS WHO SAY I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.

CAN YOU SIT HERE TONIGHT AND TELL US THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> I CAN.

AND IT HAS TO HAPPEN, IT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THE COUNTRY.

IT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR MICRON TO SUCCEED AS THE LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND THEY PICKED US.

THEY PICKED ONONDAGA COUNTY AND NEW YORK STATE TO MAKE THEIR COMPANY'S LARGEST BET.

>> SCOTT, THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE THE LARGEST CHIP MANUFACTURER IN THE NATION.

WHY DID YOU STOP THERE?

WHY NOT ON THE PLANET?

>> WELL,THIS WILL BE, BY THE TIME IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT, MICRON'S LARGEST MANUFACTURING SITE ON THE PLANET.

SO MICRON IS THE FIFTH LARGEST SEMICONDUCTOR IN THE WORLD AND AS RYAN MENTIONED, WE ARE THE LEADER IN DRAM AND NAM TECHNOLOGY.

WE MANUFACTURE THIS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE U.S. IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

HUMBLED TO BE A PART OF THIS.

>> I APPRECIATE WHAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS SAYING.

CLEARLY THERE IS STUFF GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DON'T SEE.

IN THE COMING WEEKS, IN THE COMING MONTHS, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN?

>> I MEAN I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE SEE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THE SITE.

OUR FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB PREPARING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT INVESTMENT, GETTING THAT SITE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2024.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS LIKE Dr. HILTON AND OTHERS IN THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPACE.

WE ARE ALREADY SEEING POPUP EVENTS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY.

OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH THOSE HELPING TO INTRODUCE THE IDEA OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TO A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO... >> WHEN DO I SEE BUILDING?

WHEN DO I SEE STUFF GOING UP?

>> 2024 IS THE POINT IN WHICH THAT'S ANTICIPATED.

>> IS THAT ON THE SCHEDULE?

>> THAT'S ON OUR SCHEDULE.

YES.

SO RIGHT NOW AS RYAN MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING REVIEW, BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.

IN 2024 IS WHEN YOU WILL START TO SEE A LOT OF GROUND PREPARATION AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE TREE CLEARING, BULLDOZERS OUT THERE, GETTING THE GROUND PREPPED.

WE WILL NEED TO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL DIRT TO THE AREA.

>> WE GOT DIRT.

WE'LL GET YOU DIRT.

>> AND IN 2025 IS WHEN YOU WILL START TO SEE CONSTRUCTION ONGOING AND WILL YOU START TO SEE THE BUILDING COME UP THROUGHOUT THAT NEAR.

I MEAN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HERE ARE ABSOLUTELY MASS ANY OF-- ARE ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE IN SCALE.

IT TAKES A WHILE TO BE BUILT.

THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2026 AND ONGOING 2027 WHEN YOU WILL SEE OPERATION.

>> NOT TO BRING IT TO A LOWER LEVEL.

BUT IF WE TALK ABOUT CHIPS FOR A SECOND, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY THINK ABOUT CHIPS, THESE ARE THE THINGS IN OUR COMPUTER, RIGHT, THAT MAKES IT...

BUT THEY'RE ALL OVER.

THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING.

>> YEAH, THAT'S THE THING.

THE LONG-TERM DRIVERS FOR THE MEMORY MARKET ARE ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE, THEY'RE IN YOUR REFRIGERATORS, IN YOUR AUTOMOBILES, IN YOUR CELL PHONES, SERVERS, THE CLOUD, AND THEY'RE REALLY TWO FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT ARE DRIVING ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT.

5G WHICH IS DATA MOVEMENT WHICH REQUIRES MEMORY AND WILL CREATE THE INTELLIGENT EDGE.

THE OTHER IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT BECOME.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TAKES THE DATA TO MAKE INSIGHTS AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL HUGE BOOM FOR US.

>> I'M A CAR NUT.

YOU MENTIONED THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR.

SEVERAL SHOWS AGO WE DID A NICE PIECE AT WOLFSPEED MAKING CHIPS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THEIR THINGS WAS THEY DO A LOT WITH THE AUTO SECTOR.

AND I WON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT, SCOTT, BUT THEY SAID SOMETHING TO ME LIKE IN AN AVERAGE INTERNAL COMBUSTION CAR THERE ARE LIKE 300 CHIPS IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, THERE ARE LIKE 3,000.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THERE IS DEMAND THERE.

>> UH-HUH.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE SENSORS THAT THEY MAKE, ALL THOSE OTHERS THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE STORED IN THE MEMORY.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR MICRON AND WE ARE ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE DRAM PROVIDER TO THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET TODAY.

WE CALL THEM DATA CENTERS ON WHEELS.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT GROWTH MARKET.

>> LET ME PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU.

IN 2023, THE ENTIRE GLOBAL DATA SPHERE ACCOUNTED FOR A BILLION TERABYTES.

IN 2030 IT IS PROJECTED TO BE AN 6 X INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF DATA COLLECTED THAT NEEDS TO BE STORED AND ANALYZED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS.

THAT'S WHY MICRON IS MAKING THIS INVESTMENT.

THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE CONSUMERS, YOU AND I, ALL OF US, ARE DEMANDING ACCESS TO MORE AND MORE INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE IN THIS POSITION WHERE WE ARE SEEING 100 BILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT TO MEET THAT MOMENT IN THE MARKET.

>> IS HE RIGHT?

IS THE DEMAND THAT STRONG?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> IT IS SUCH A LARGE... >> I'LL CONVERT TO IT DOLLARS.

SO LAST YEAR THE MEMORY MARKET WAS ABOUT $IS 60 BILLION-- $160 BILLION INDUSTRY.

BY 2030 WE WILL BE A $320 BILLION INDUSTRY.

THE REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO DOUBLE AS WELL.

>> BLOOMBERG HAD REPORTS OUT THAT THERE WERE SLOWING DEMAND IN SOME CHIPS.

THESE THINGS DO COME IN CYCLES, RIGHT?

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH AND THAT'S WAS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 20-YEAR PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IT OUT WITH DEMAND.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

I STARTED AT MICRON AS AN INTERN IN 1997 SO WE HAVE SEEN THESE UPS AND DOWNS BUT THE TREND IS ALWAYS STRONG AND UP.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

>> YOU KNOW, KEVIN, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THE COUNTRY FACES IS THAT OUR PRODUCTION IN THESE CHIPS IS VERY SMALL AS A PERCENTAGE.

IT'S ALL COMING FROM OVERSEAS AS YOU KNOW, CHINA, ASIA.

THIS WILL BE PRETTY MONUMENTAL FOR NEW YORK STATE AND GLOBALLY IF WE START PRODUCING THESE CHIPS HERE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH WHAT IS SO EXCITING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS YOU LOOK AT THIS FROM A GEOPOLITICAL SCALE.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CHINA THAT ULTIMATELY THE BALANCE OF WORLD POWER IS AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT.

BUT THEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHT, AND SOME PARTS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHERE YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.

LIKER WITH WE HAVE THIS AMAZING HIGH LEVEL JOOY YO' POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR FUTURE.

IT'S SUCH A COOL PROJECT.

>> ONLY BECAUSE I'M A WORRIER.

>> ME, TOO.

>> ARE YOU?

>> I DON'T SLEEP AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IS CHIPS FROM CHINA ARE PRESUMABLY GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE.

I MEAN LABOR HERE IS EXPENSIVE.

MICRON IS BUILDING CHIPS HERE.

ARE WE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL MARKET?

>> SCOTT CAN CLEARLY TELL YOU ABOUT THE COMPETITION GLOBALLY.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE, POWER IS QUITE AFFORDABLE IN THE STATE RELATIVE TO SINGAPORE AND ASIA.

I THINK WE WILL HAVE INCREDIBLE WORKFORCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT FIVE, 10, 20 YEARS, RIGHT?

AND SO SUBSIDIES MATTER.

THE SUPPORT THAT NEW YORK STATE IS PROVIDING, THE $5.8 BILLION THE GOVERNOR AWARDED TO THIS PROJECT, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT I.T.C.

AND IT MATTERS BECAUSE SUBSIDIES IN ASIA ARE HUGE.

>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, TOO BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU.

>> YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

>> DURING SEASON 1, WE SAT DOWN IN YOUR OFFICE AND I ASKED YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE WHITE PINES AND YOU BOBBED AND WEAVED.

SOMING WAS GOING ON.

WHEN DID THESE CONVERSATIONS INITIALLY START BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT, CORRECT?

>> IT HAS BEEN.

WE WENT THROUGH A SLIGHT SELECTION PROCESS BEFORE MICRON AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH EACH DIFFERENT COMPANY WE SPOKE TO, WE LEARNED AND CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS USUALLY DON'T WIN THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN SEASON 1 AND WE LEARNED FROM TWO MARQUIS PROJECTS IN WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR WAS WAS THE GREATEST PROJECT.

AND WE-- IT WAS PROJECT YANKEE AT THAT POINT AND I WAS UNDER AN NDA SO I WAS NOT GOING TO BREAK ANY OF THAT.

>> YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN ME AN EXCLUSIVE BY THE WAY... [LAUGHTER] HERE'S THE THING.

MICRON COULDN'T HAVE GONE JUST ANYWHERE.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE.

NOW WE'VE GOT THE WATER.

WE'VE GOT THE DIRT WE TALKED ABOUT.

I'M GOING TO ARGUE WE HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE HERE, EASY COMMUTES, QUALITY OF LIFE.

WHAT WAS IT THOUGH THAT JUST PUSHED YOU OVER THE TOP TO SAY THIS IS THE REGION WE WANT TO BE IN?

>> WOULD I SAY IT'S COMING UP ON THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY FIRST TRIP HERE TO START THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS AND YOU ARE RIGHT.

THE SITE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES ON THE UTILITY NEEDS, CLEAN, RELIABLE, RENEWABLE ENERGY HERE WAS A BIG, BIG PIECE.

SO THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM NEW YORK CAME TOGETHER, RYAN AND I APPLAUD HIM FOR HIS VISION WITH THE SITE AND WHAT WAS CAPABLE.

ROB SIMPSON REALLY BROUGHT TOGETHER THE NEW YORK BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR US AND A LOT OF THE UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WE HAVE HERE AS WELL.

AND THEN REALLY, WHEN THE TIDE TURNED WAS WHEN THE GREEN CHIPS BILL PASSED AND KEVIN AND THE GOVERNOR AND A COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT.

WHEN WE READ THAT, LOOKED AT IT, IT REFLECTED OUR VALUES TO US SO THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO ENGAGE.

>> I HOPE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

Dr. HILL HILTON, I KNOW THAT SCHOOLS PLAYED A ROLE HERE.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, LeMOYNE, ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

WHEN DID YOU COME INTO THIS.

>> SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED LAST YEAR, WE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THE FOLKS ON THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS.

AND FOR US AT O.C.C., WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRAIN THE TECHNICIANS THAT THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY NEEDS.

AND SO WHILE EARLIER YOU SAID YOU DON'T SEE BUILDINGS, SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE WORKED ON REVISING OUR CURRICULUM, WE WORKED WITH MICRON TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR THEIR PROGRAMS LIKE CHIP CAMP AND GIRLS GOING TECH.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AT THIS POINT WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO TRAINING TECHNICIANS.

OUR PROGRAM IS FULL RIGHT NOW.

>> DO YOU REGRET TAKING THE JOB?

>> I DO NOT REGRET IT 100%.

FANTASTIC.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BE A PARTNER WITH MICRON AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE.

>> MELANIE, I SORT OF VIEW YOU AND ROB, TO SOME EXTENT, AS THE MOST MAYBE APOLITICAL HERE, RIGHT?

BUT I WANT TO ASK, BECAUSE IT STRUCK ME-- AND THIS CAME UP IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR.

HAVE YOU EVER, IN YOUR TIME HERE, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN MORE COOPERATION, MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESS, BUSINESS LEADERS, THE COMMUNITY, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS?

I MEAN WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE GOT A REPUBLICANS WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS WORKING WITH AN INDEPENDENT MAYOR.

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

>> NEVER EVER MUCH AND THAT'S WHY WE KNEW THIS WAS THE RIGHT PROJECT, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT MOMENT.

THE CONVERGENCE OF IT ALL, IT'S PERFECT IN THAT THE LEVEL OF COLLABORATION IS UNPRECEDENTED.

>> I DON'T WANT TO KEEP LOOKING BACK, KEVIN, BUT AT WHAT POINT DID THE STATE COME IN?

HOW DID YOU FOLKS GET INVOLVED TO HELP OUT?

>> SO THE SITE SELECTION MICRON STARTED DOING A NATIONAL SITE SELECTION.

I DON'T THINK WE INITIALLY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS MICRON.

AND SO I THINK THEY MET WITH GOVERNOR HOCHUL SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST, WITHIN 10 DAYS OF HER BECOMING GOVERNOR, SHE MET WITH THE MICRON TEAM.

AND FROM THERE, IT WAS AUGUST OF 21.

AND SO WE STARTED THAT DISCUSSION THEN AND HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH LAST FALL.

>> RYAN, DON'T GET MAD AT THIS ONE BUT PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY MICRON-- WE WILL PRETEND SCOTT IS NO THE HERE FOR A MINUTE BUT MICRON IS ELIGIBLE FOR 280 MILLION TO 300 MILLION IN TAX BREAKS THROUGH THIS PILOT, RIGHT?

>> AT LEAST.

>> THE SKEPTICS WILL SAY WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

PROMISES MADE, THINGS NOT BUILT, EMPLOYEES NOT HIRED.

HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK?

>> YEAH, I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.

AND OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT MICRON IS INVESTING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENGAGE MANY IN THE COMMUNITY-- AT THE ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN I.D.A.

APPLICATION FOR 150 MILLION.

NO COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER RECEIVED THAT PIECE OF PAPER AND WITH THAT COMES AN I.D.A.

FEE.

SO THE REALITY IS WHY WOULD THEY BE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING IF THEY WEREN'T COMING.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES OF THE WORD, HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND YOU LOOK AT THE EXTENSIVE SELECTION PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE THERE FOR ANY NAYSAYER TO SAY MAYBE I GOT TO TAKE THAT CHIP AND BRUSH IT OFF MY SHOULDER.

>> SO TO THE ANYWAY NARES,-- THE NAYSAYERS, WE'LL GIVE UP TAX BENEFIT FOR THE OTHER REVENUE THAT COMES, SIMPLE AS THAT?

>> IN A PILOT AGREEMENT, THE WAY THAT THESE PILOT AGREEMENTS WORK, YOU DON'T GIVE UP ANY REVENUE TODAY.

SO WHATEVER THAT LARGE PIECE OF DIRT THAT MICRON IS GOING TO TURN INTO THE LARGEST MEMORY TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS IN THE COUNTRY, THEY WILL PAY TAXES ON WHAT IT COLLECTS TODAY.

THEY GET DISCOUNTS ON THE GROWTH, RIGHT?

AND THE REALITY IS, WE ARE GETTING-- WE DON'T RUN GOVERNMENT ON PROPERTY TAXES IN ONONDAGA COUNTY.

WE RUN IT ON SALES TAX.

>> I DID LEARN THAT A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> I WOULD ARGUE THAT THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE GIVING UP TAXES.

THE COUNTY IS NOT GIVING UP TAXES, THE STATE IS NOT GIVING UP TAXES.

THE REALITY IS MICRON DOESN'T COME-- THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTACKSES.

THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PAYING THE TAXES.

>> DON'T ATTACK ME.

>> SCEPTICISM IS FINE.

SCEPTICISM IS MAKE US SUCCEED.

OUTRIGHT NEGATIVITY FOR NEGATIVITY SAKE IS ANOTHER THING BUT SCEPTICISM IS HEALTHY.

>> ECONOMIC IMPACT, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT?

>> $100 BILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE IN EX20 YEARS, 9,000 DIRECT MICRON JOBS, 50,000 COMMUNITY SUPPLY CHAIN JOBS, 75% WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE HERE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, THE IMPACT IN THIS PROJECT WILL SINGLE HANDEDLY CHANGE THE G.D.P.

OF NEW YORK BY 25% OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE!

>> 10 $8,000 IS THE AVERAGE SALARY TODAY.

BY THE TIME GOT HAS EVERYTHING FULLY GEARED UP, IT IS GOING TO BE HIGHER AND SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.

DO THE MATH AND WHAT THAT ECONOMIC SPENDING, THE POWER OF THAT.

>> ISN'T IT HARD THOUGH, ROB, TO QUANTIFY THAT?

I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT THIS ANALYSIS YOU RUN, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OFF SHOOTS TO THIS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SUPPLIERS AND... HOW DO YOU GET A NUMBER OUT OF THAT?

>> IT'S REALLY NOT AS DIFFICULT AS YOU THINK IT, LISTEN, ONE POINT DURING THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH MICRON, THEY STARTED TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH CENTRAL NEW YORK AS A POTENTIAL DESTINATION.

THEY SAID WE ARE COMING WITH A REALLY ROBUST SUPPLY CHAIN.

DOZENS UPON DOZENS, MAYBE EVEN 100 PLUS COMPANIES 3 THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOCATE IN AND AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NEW YORK STATE IN ORDER TO SUPPLY THIS PROJECT.

IT'S RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DO THE MATH TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN OUT INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL ACREAGE TO PUT SOME OF THOSE SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS.

AND IN WHAT WE KNOW, 50,000 JOBS IMPACT ON CENTRAL NEW YORK-- >> THAT'S CRAZY.

>> THAT'S A 12.5% TOTAL GROWTH IN OVERALL REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 20 YEARS JUST FROM THIS INVESTMENT ALONE.

>> SO MELANIE, AS GOOD AS THAT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUTGOING CONGRESSMAN JOHN KATKO, I SAID I DON'T KNOW.

THESE PROJECTIONS LOOK SO RICH.

AND HE SAID, IF ANYTHING, THEY'RE SHORT.

WHO'S RIGHT?

>> KATKO.

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW?

>> BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF JOBS AND WORK THAT WILL BE NECESSARY, IT GOES WELL BEYOND THE MICRON FOOTPRINT.

THINK ABOUT RESTAURANTS, BARBER SHOPS, PLACES TO RETAIL.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A BROADER VIEW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT.

DENTISTS, DOCTORS, IT'S MASSIVE.

>> I DON'T WANT TO END THIS SEGMENT ON A DOWN NOTE AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION FOR ANYBODY HERE.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, Dr. HILTON, SO GET READY.

THIS IS QUITE A NEWS ITEM.

LET'S BE HONEST.

THIS IS A BIG BENEFIT.

BUT SYRACUSE HAS THE TERRIBLE DISTINCTION OF ALSO HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATES IN THE NATION IN THE INNER CITY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.

SO WITH ALL THIS GOOD-- AND I MEAN IT RESPECTFULLY THAT ROB WAS GOING ON ABOUT, IS SOME OF THAT GOING TO FIND ITS WAY TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISADVANTAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I GREW UP IN PHILADELPHIA, ONE OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS PROJECT THAT MICRON IS BRINGING HERE IS ALL ABOUT LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EDUCATION THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, A ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATE OR TWO YEAR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE CAN GET YOU A JOB MAKING AROUND SIX FIGURES, ANYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THAT AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE OUR TUITION IS AFFORDABLE AND LOW.

AND MICRON HAS ALREADY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY TO STUDENTS MOVING INTO THE PROGRAM.

>> LET'S MOVE INTO JOBS AND EDUCATION AND RYAN, IF I COULD, JUST FIRST YOU, 9,000 JOBS IS WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING HERE, RIGHT?

CRAZY NUMBER.

AND THROUGHOUT THE "ON THE MONEY" SERIES, EVERY TIME I TALK TO A BUSINESS LEADER, SOMEBODY RUNNING A COMPANY, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM SAYS WE HAVE SO MANY OPENINGS, WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE.

WE CAN'T FINE THE PEOPLE.

WE CAN'T HIRE.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND 9,000 PEOPLE?

>> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE TALENT, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S VERY INTENTIONAL WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE WORKFORCE SIDE OF IT.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RECRUIT, RIGHT?

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FROM A MACRO LEVEL, IS WE ARE NOW BRANDED, RIGHT, IN A VERY GOOD WAY.

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANT TO KNOW HOW DID THIS HAPPEN.

KEVIN, MYSELF AND SCOTT WERE AT A SITE SELECTOR CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE MARQUIS PREMIER DISCUSSION, JUST LIKE THIS, AND IT WAS PACKED BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE HECK DID THIS HAPPEN.

AND SO THE REALITY IS, WITH THE JOBS, TALENT WILL FOLLOW.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND WE ARE GOING HAVE TO MARKET OUR COMMUNITY TO THE BIG 10 SCHOOLS, TO THE PAC 10 OR PAC 12, WHATEVER THEY ARE THIS WEEK, SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN THIS YOUNG TALENT AND FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA AND THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ONONDAGA COUNTY HOME BUT WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP IT AND WE ARE DOING THAT IN AN INTENTIONAL WAY.

>> SCOTT, BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THIS IN, ROB, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME TIME CUES IN A MINUTE HERE ABOUT IT SCOTT, IT'S A BIG FACILITY OBVIOUSLY.

>> WHY ESPECIALLY.

>> CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF TALENT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO RUN THIS PLACE?

>> SO THE TWO PRIMARY JOBS, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE ACCOUNTANTS, FINANCE, LAWYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE TWO PRIMARY JOBS ARE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICIANS ABOUT A 50-50 SPLIT.

AND SO IF WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CREATED THE NORTHEAST UNIVERSITY NETWORK TO HELP DEVELOP THE ENGINEERING PIPELINE TO COME HERE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FANTASTIC SCHOOLS.

RPI, CORNELL, CLARKSON, R.RIT, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY HAS AGREED TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND TECHNICIANS PARTNERING WITH ONONDAGA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, YOU LOOK AT FORT DRUM, WORKING ON THE VETERANS PROGRAMS TO CREATE THE PIPELINE.

>> Dr. HILTON, YOU HEAR WHAT HE NEEDS.

>> WHY I.

>> CAN YOU FULFILL THOSE NEEDS.

>> WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY.

OUR COHORT FOR THIS FALL IS FULL FOR TRAINING TECHNICIANS.

AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE.

AND WE ARE NOT ONLY WORKING AT OCC BUT WE ARE WORK AGO CROSS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES-- WORKING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

>> WE ARE GOING TO SHOW A PIECE IN JUST A SECOND BUT I'M LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE STEM EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.

SOUNDS PERFECT FOR MICRON, ROIT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MICRON HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A SUPPORTER OF STEM EDUCATION.

AND "ON THE MONEY" SENT A TEAM DOWN TO THE MOST, THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW IT COULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

>> FOR US, WE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS IN STEM, THAT HAVE YOU TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION SPACES SO WE NEED TO DO OUR PART SO THE PRESSURE TO CREATED THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN STEM IS NOT SOLELY ON TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND LEADERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.

EEM A HIP-HOP HEAD, RIGHT, SO FOR ME I DID A KEYNOTE FOR NSF.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT IS HOW HIP-HOP AND STEM CHANGED MY LIFE AND HOW HIP-HOP AND STEM SAVED MY LIFE.

GROWING UP IN DETROIT, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED EARLY ON, I WAS LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS VIOLENT.

I WAS LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE HEIGHTEST CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC BUT I ALSO LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ON LOVE BUILT ON COMMUNITY, BUILT ON SAFETY, AMIDST ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGING THINGS.

>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH STEM BECAUSE MY MOTHER AND GRAND MOTHER WHO RAISED ME ALLOWED ME TO BE INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS.

THEY ALLOWED ME TO TAKE MY RECORD PLAYER APART.

THEY ALLOWED ME TO TAKE MY ATARI APART AND I SAW WHAT WAS INSIDE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH STEM.

AND I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE, YOU CANNOT DO HIP-HOP WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING STEM.

BECAUSE HAVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SOUND BOARD WORKS.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO REDUCE ECHOS.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

>> 80% OF THE TIME THE KIDS ENGAGE IN EDUCATION EXPERIENCES, IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

MICRON HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO CONNECTING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE MICRON FOUNDATION IN OUR STEM PROGRAMS.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, IT HAS EVOLVED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DO BUT ALWAYS CENTERS AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE MOST HAS BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE THE CULMINATING CELEBRATORY EXPERIENCE FOR CHIP CAMP.

AND ACTUALLY SEVERAL OTHER MICRON STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>> THE MISSION OF CHIP CAMP IS TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, TO BUILD AND TO CHASE THERE I DREAMS IN STEM EDUCATION BUT ALSO LESCHING ABOUT SEMICONDUCTORS AND MEMORY.

THAT'S IT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOW UP, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CARED FOR AND DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAZE WITH AMAZING TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN CENTRAL NOSH.

ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO LEAD AND FACILITATE LESSONS AND WORKSHOPS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING CHIP CAMP ARE EDUCATORS FROM THIS COMMUNITY.

WE BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW KIDS THE BEST ARE FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND EDUCATORS.

FOR US TO REACH THEM, WE NEED TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS.

WE INVITE FAMILIES TO CHIP CAMP.

WE INVITE EDUCATORS TO CHIP CAMP AND SO FOR US, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GROW AND EVOLVE AS LEARNERS IN STEM EDUCATION.

>> WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE A GRANT, MAJOR GRANT RECIPIENT FROM MICRON FOUNDATION AND THIS GRANT HAS REALLY BEEN A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOST, NOT JUST FINANCIALLY TO BE ABLE TO GROW OUR PROGRAMS, TO CREATE THE FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR EXHIBIT OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, BUT TO REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

THE FUNDING HAS ALLOWED ALL OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS TO GROW.

WITH GRANTS LIKE MICRON, BARRIERS LIKE TRANSPORTATION ARE NOW REMOVED.

WE CAN GET KIDS HERE.

WE CAN GET THEM INTO THESE PROGRAMS.

THERE IS NO COST TO THESE STUDENTS.

SO HAVING AN ORGANIZATION LIKE MICRON WITH THIS SIMILAR COMMITMENT TO STEM EDUCATION HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOBS AT MICRON, BUT IT'S ALSO EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRED THROUGH STEM WITH STEM, WITH STEAM TO PURSUE AND CHASE ANY DREAM THEY WANT.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BRILLIANT, ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BOLD AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUE STEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

>> INTERESTING STUFF FROM THE MOST DOWNTOWN.

I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, Dr. HILTON WITH YOU FOR A SECOND.

WE DID A PIECE ON CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, WHICH, OF COURSE, DID CLOSE.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WITH RESPECT TO THEM, THIS MAY BENEFIT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO TRAIN A WHOLE BUNCH OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES HERE.

THIS COULD BE GOOD FOR YOU.

ARE YOU CHANGING THE CURRICULUM AT OCC AT ALL TO ADDRESS THIS?

>> WE HAVE ALREADY REVISED THE CURRICULUM.

WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO TRAINING THOSE TECHNICIANS WORKING WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL AND FOUR YEAR LEAF.

WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT WILL COME TO OCC AND TRANSFER TO THE INSTITUTIONS NAMED EARLIER, INCLUDING S.U.

AND BECOME ENGINEERS AND THEN WE ARE ALSO TRAINING THE TECHNICIANS.

AND AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID, WE ARE OUT THERE CAN LOOING AT PARTNERSHIPS NATIONALLY, WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING TO COME HERE, GO IT THIS TRAINING AT PLACES LIKE OCC AND OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

>> FOR GOOD JOBS.

>> AND STAY HERE, SUSTAINING MORE THAN SUSTAINING WAGES JOBS.

>> WHEN I'M WRONG I'M WRONG AND I APOLOGIZE.

I HAD TO APOLOGIZE TO CONGRESSMAN KATKO BECAUSE YEARS AGO I INTERVIEWED HIM AND I SAID THESE MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE DEAD.

I REMEMBER CARRIER, NEW VENTURE, NEW PROCESS GEAR, ALLIED CHEMICAL, THEY'RE ALL GONE OR SHELLS OF WHAT THEY ARE.

HE SAID NO, CONFERRING IS COMING BACK AND I BLEW IT OFF.

MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE COMING BACK.

>> THEY'RE COMING BACK AND THE PANDEMIC TAUGHT US THAT YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON FOREIGN SUPPLY CHAINS AND STARTED OFF IN THE HEALTHCARE SPACE AND THEN QUICKLY WITH ALL THE GEOPOLITICAL TENSION AS ROUND THE WORLD.

I THINK KEVIN AND ROB BOTH REFERENCED EARLIER, THIS IS-- THERE IS A TECHNOLOGY WAR GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND WE NEED TO WIN THAT AS AMERICANS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS INVESTMENT REPRESENTS.

>> DAN, CAN I JUST SAY, THESE ARE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING JOBS, RIGHT?

IT'S NOT THE MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT MY PARENTS WERE IN.

THESE ARE CLEAN ROOM JOBS.

THESE ARE WORKING WITH ROBOTS AND HIGH END-- >> WE ARE BUILDING STUFF; WHICH I THINK IS NEAT.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.

ALONG WITH ECONOMIC IMPACT, THERE IS ALSO AND I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER THIS FOR A MINUTE OR TWO.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

AND SCOTT THIS IS NOT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AGAIN.

I DON'T EXPECT CHIMNEYS WITH BLACK SMOKE BELCHING OUT, BUT DO WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TOXIC CHEMICALS OR SMILES LIKE THAT AT MICRON?

>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS THE MOST SUSTAINABLE FAB ON THE PLANET.

WE HAVE COMMITTED TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY, COMMITTED WITH 100% WATER RECYCLING REUSE AND RESTORATION PROJECTS LOCALLY TO MAKE UP FOR ANY WATER THAT GOES THROUGH EVAPORATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OUR INDUSTRY IS VERY CLEAN INDUSTRY, RIGHT.

>> I WILL SAY THIS AND I FIND MYSELF ONCE AGAIN BEING THE DUMBEST PERSON IN THE ROOM BUT MELANIE, I KNOW THIS MUCH.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF ELECTRICITY.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF HOUR.

AND I'M READING, I'M HEARING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GRID IS UNDER PRESSURE.

BROWNOUTS, BLACKOUTS, DIVERTING ELECTRICITY.

ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH ENERGY.

>> 1,000 PERCENT.

>> WILL MY LIGHTS STAY ON.

>> YOUR LIGHTS WILL STAY ON AND WE WILL SEND YOU A BILL FOR THOSE LIGHTS.

MEANING THE CLAY SUBSTATION DATA ADJACENT THE SITE IS THE CROSS ROAD FOR NEW YORK STATE'S TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

YOU CANNOT ASK FOR A BETTER SPOT FOR MICRON TO BUILD.

>> FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

>> YEAH, AND THE GRID, AS WE KNOW IT, STURDY SECURE, GOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE GRID IS STURDY, RESILIENT, WE CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BECAUSE WE KNOW IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE GOALS, THAT WE HAVE IN NEW YORK STATE, WE HAVE TO BUILD IN RESILIENCY IN THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S WAS WE ARE DOING.

FOR MICRON AND FOR ALL OTHER CUSTOMERS.

>> KEVIN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF REGARDING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPTION?

RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM THE STATE?

>> THE STATE IS LEADING THE WAY IN OFFSHORE WIND.

OUR PARTNERS AT NYSERDA HAVE RELEASED TWO MASSIVE BIDS ON OFFSHORE WIND WHICH IS A HUGE POWER GENERATOR.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT.

MICRON IS COMMITTED TO 100% RENEWABLE USAGE HERE.

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE, WE ARE GROWING TO NEED MORE RESOURCE, MORE RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION BUT THAT'S MICRON'S PROJECT OVER 20 YEAR PERIOD.

WE HAVE TIME TO MEET THAT.

>> RYAN , TWO OTHER CONCERNS.

I'M GOING TO WITH YOU ALL MY PROBLEMS, BUT NUMBER ONE, PUBLISHED REPORTS POST STANDARD, SYRACUSE.COM SAID SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 48 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE.

THAT'S A LOT OF SHOWERS.

I MEAN WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY?

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

REMEMBER, WE DRAW WATER FROM LAKE ONTARIO AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRAW A LOT MORE SKANEATELES LIKE AND TO WHAT SCOTT WAS REFERENCING, WE ARE STILL ENGINEERING FINAL SOLUTIONS SO WHEN YOU READ THAT REPORT, THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT LESS THAN THAT.

AND AGAIN THAT'S A NUMBER 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

>> I HEAR YOU.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR REGION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUCCEED IN MANUFACTURING BAY BABY THE WAY BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE WATER AND A LOT OF IT.

>> I'M WITH YOU BUT THE OTHER ISSUE AND THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE STORY FOR THE LONGEST TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE BACK BURNER NOW.

I-81.

I WHEN I TALKED TO THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR, I SAID HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO MICRON AND I-81.

HE SAID WE HAVE TO WALK AND DHU GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

CAN WE DO THAT.

>> WE CAN DO THAT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT THE TWO.

THE REALITY IS FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S NOT A MILE STREP OF HIGHWAY HAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY OF SYRACUSE THAT MATTERS.

IT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO UP NORTH TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.

SO WHETHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WILL DICTATE WHETHER WE ARE PUTTING ON AN ON RAMP ON 481 OR NEW 81 EXIT, THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO MICRON THAN A PROJECT THAT WE'VE DEBATED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR TOO LONG.

>> IT'S A LOT.

MELANIE, YOU AND TIM PENNICKS WHO WE KNOW AND LOVE, CO-CHAIR THIS MICRON ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GIVING YOU INPUT AND WHAT NOT.

WHAT IS THE GOAL HERE?

TO IMPROVE AS I WAS TALKING TO Dr. HILTON, TO IMPROVE AREAS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK?

WHAT IS THE END GOAL HERE?

>> WE HAVE BEEN USING A LOFTY WORD OF TRANSFORMATIVE, RIGHT?

IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT.

AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS MBT TO DO JUST-- IS MEANT TO DO JUST THAT, TO HELP UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE WHAT ALL OF THE PRIORITIES ARE.

YOU CHANGE THE COURSE TO HELP MICRON THEN DECIDE HOW TO FUND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

>> YOU HAVE $500 MILLION TO SPEND, YOU SAY INVEST.

>> MICRON HAS $500 MILLION TO INVEST.

>> WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

>> A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES.

1: THE GOVERNOR.

THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.

MICRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $ 250 MILLION AND WE WILL HAVE TO WORK TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE REST AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.

>> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE NEEDS YOU ARE ON LOOKING AT.

DID I HEAR CORRECTLY?

HOUSING, IS THAT PART OF IT?

>> HOUSING, I THINK SOME OF THE LARGE AREAS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW ARE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTELY.

HOUSING ABSOLUTELY.

NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENTS TODAY BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, WE NEED HOUSING TO SUPPORT THAT.

TRANSPORTATION.

HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT TRANSPORTATION CAN GET THE WORKFORCE TO THE PLACES IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND THEN CHILD CARE.

RK WHICH IS AT THE BASE TO HELP WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN WORK.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOUSING.

AND YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN?

AND YOU CAN GET TO THE PLACES YOU NEED TO GET TO.

>> GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO FIND THE WORKFORCE, I MEAN THERE ARE TWO MILLION WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES POST PANDEMIC.

ONE OF THE SINGEST LARGEST REASONS OF THAT IS LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE.

INVESTMENTS IN THE CHILD CARE SYSTEM UNLOCK WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED THEM AND WHO DESERVE THEM.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION BUT IT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE EQUATION.

>> THINK ABOUT THE WORK OF A PLANNING PROCESS.

WE KNOW THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS.

AND THE $500 MILLION IS PART OF THAT INVESTMENT.

BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT HOUSING?

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ROADS?

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY?

IT'S A PLANNING PROCESS THAT FULLY EDGE-- ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU CAME UP FROM ALBANY.

>> I GREW UP HERE IN SYRACUSE.

>> THE HOUSING MARKET CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK IS PROBABLY AS ROBUST AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT.

I MEAN INVENTORY, THEY TELL ME, INVENTORY IS DOWN, PRICES ARE UP, AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE.

SO WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH ALL OF THAT?

>> I MEAN CERTAINLY PRIVATE SECTOR WILL STEP IN TO MEET THE DEMAND.

>> ARE YOU SEEING THAT THOUGH?

>> WE ARE.

AND AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, THE MONEY THERE, THAT'S GOING-- THAT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.

THEY WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS WITH OTHER CO-INVESTMENTS.

THE REALITY IS THERE HAS BEFER BEEN DEMAND DRIVERS UNTIL RECENTLY IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND YOU KNOW THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE PROBABLY 15% INVENTORY CHALLENGES TODAY, AND WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY OUR COUNTY WIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CAME OUT IS GOING TO HELP DRIVE THAT.

THAT'S A ROAD MAP FOR DEVELOPMENT AND NOW WE HAVE ECONOMIC DRIVERS AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF MONEY COMING INTO THIS COMMUNITY FROM DIFFERENT HEDGE FUNDS, DIFFERENT SOURCES OF CAPITAL THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

>> FOR THINGS LIKE HOUSING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IF YOU LOO CAN ATHE SOME OF THE CENTER DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING, GREAT NORTHERN MALL GREAT EXAMPLE MILES AWAY FROM THE SITE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOWN CENTER THAT WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 9 FIGURE INVESTMENT.

>> TODAY WE ARE TRACKING OVER 6500 UNITS OF HOUSING THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED JUST IN OCTOBER ALONE, THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE PROJECTS ACROSS THE BORDER IN OSWEGO COUNTY OR CAYUGA COUNTY.

THAT'S A LEVEL OF PLANNING FOR INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

WE PROBABLY NEED TO BUILD MORE ON THE ORDER OF 2,000 TO 2500 UNITS A YEAR.

AND PRIVATE MARKET IS BEGINNING TO REACT.

THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE INVESTMENTS ARE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE.

TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE I WANT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT TALKING ABOUT CENTER DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT.

WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE SPRAWLING DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES UP OUR GREEN FIELDS AND GREEN SPACE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK.

WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE THAT INTO WALKABLE COMMUNITIES AND DENSE COMMUNITIES THAT AFFORD PEOPLE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

>> DO YOU SEE ALL THE WORK YOU ARE CREATING HERE?

>> LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY WE ARE CREATING.

MICRON IS TAKING A VERY RO AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.

ALL THE WAY THROUGH K-12.

Y MEAN KIDS WHO ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO GRADUATE AND HAVE ONE OF THESE FANTASTIC JOBS THAT IS MORE A CAREER.

>> DID YOU HAVE A POINT KEVIN?

>> ROB HAD IT, WHERE THE POINT IS THE CEC, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MICRON, IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING WHAT IS COMING OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND PLANNING FOR IT.

WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING BUT WE CAN HAVE A FRAMEWORK ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO INVEST AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO THINK AND PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT THE CEC AND PARTNERSHIP... >> I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY, MELANIE, BUT WITH-- >> BUT YOU ARE THAT GUY.

>> BUT WITH $500 MILLION SITTING THERE, WITH RESPECT, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK WITH NEEDS.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE IS THIS.

>> I THINK WHAT THE CEC WILL ULTIMATELY DO, AND AGAIN, THE CEC'S ROLE IS TO HELP GATHER THE INFORMATION THAT WILL FRAME OUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE-- REALLY HELP MICRON MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT HOW BEST AND WHERE BEST TO CATALYZE THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE IMPACT.

>> I APPRECIATE WHAT KEVIN IS SAYING THAT SOME OF THIS WE JUST DON'T KNOW AND IT'S OKAY TO ADMIT THAT BUT FROM WHERE YOU SIT TODAY, WHO DO YOU SEE BENEFITING THE MOST FROM THIS ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY?

>> I THINK ALL OF US.

BECAUSE WHEN ALL BOATS RISE, THE IMPACT IS IMMESS USUAL.

AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED GET A FAIR SHAKE AND SEAT AT THE TABLE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE.

AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REMITS OF THE CEC AND SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MICRON HAS SAID FROM DAY ONE THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DO.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO ENSURE WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING, TOO.

THERE IS NO OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FUND AND COMMITTEE LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY.

SO THIS IS THE MODEL.

THIS DEAL THAT WE ALL WORKED SO HARD ON PUTTING TOGETHER, IS THE MODEL THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LOOKED AT FOR THEIR CHIPS ACT APPLICATION.

SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR THOSE NAYSAYERS OUT THERE, IF THEY'RE NOT COMING, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?

>> THIS GOES BEYOND, I GUESS WHAT I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

I MEAN IT'S WORKFORCE TRAINING, IT'S CHILD CARE ASPECT OF IT, WHICH I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

HOUSING.

IT'S EVERYTHING.

THAT ULTIMATELY GOES TO MICRON'S BENEFIT, WHICH IS OUR BENEFIT.

>> RIGHT.

REMOVING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP MICRON AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE MODEL, RIGHT HERE.

>> NOT BECAUSE I'M LOCAL BUT I AM LOCAL AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HAVE YOU SEEN NEGLECT LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE IN OTHER EXPANSIONS YOU'VE DONE?

YOU HAVE EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER HERE.

>> NO, I WOULD SAY FIRST WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE TO THIS SCALE.

AND I WOULD SAY MICRON, WE ARE NEW.

WE ARE NEW TO THE REGION AND WE ARE WANTING TO LEARN IT.

BUT THAT'S WHERE THE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP THAT HELPED US CHOOSE NEW YORK AS PART OF THE SITE SELECTION, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE COME TOGETHER AND I CAN'T PUT IT ANY BETTER THAN MELANIE DID THAT THIS IS FOR ALL.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING, INVESTING AND PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SEE WHERE THESE INVESTMENTS CAN BEST BENEFIT THE DPLUBT WHICH IS GOING TO BENEFIT OUR FUTURE TEAM MEMBERS AND TEAM MEMBERS WHO WILL HELP MAKE THIS SITE A REALITY IN NEW YORK.

>> ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED ABOUT UPON WHICH WAS AN ISSUE HERE FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE CONCEPT THE BRAIN DRAIN.

WE EDUCATED THE KIDS, THEY FLIP THE TASSEL AND OFF THEY WENT.

HOW DO WE GET THEM TO MELANIE'S POINT, ENGAGED?

HOW DO WE GET THEM INTERESTED IN STAYING?

HOW DO WE GET THEM TO COME BACK?

>> WE ARE ALREADY ON THAT TRAJECTORY WITH THINGS LIKE CHIP CAMP WHERE WE ARE EXPOSING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, THE EXHIBIT AT THE MOST, SO WE ARE ALREADY ON THAT.

AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL IMPACT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING RATINGS OF SYRACUSE BEING, YOU KNOW, A LOCATION OF CHOICE FOR GENERATION Z.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE LESS AND LESS OF THAT BRAIN DRAIN BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE ENTERTAINMENT, THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE ACTIVITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WANT TO STAY HERE, GET THERE I TRAINING HERE AND COME FROM ALL AROUND THEIR TRAINING FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND THEN REMAIN HERE.

JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THIS.

>> I'LL SHARE A STORY.

WHEN I FIRST MOVED BACK 20 YEARS AGO AND THAT BRAIN DRAIN CONVERSATION WAS SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU KNOW, RYAN AND GREW UP HEARING, RIGHT?

THAT PEOPLE WERE LEAVING.

AND I REMEMBER WORKING WITH MELANIE AND OTHERS ABOUT A DECADE AGO.

WE PUT A REGIONAL INTERNSHIP TOGETHER.

WE HAD COMPANIES POOL A THOUSAND INTERNSHIPS AND OPENED APPLICATIONS TO STUDENTS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK.

THERE WERE 7,000 APPLICANTS FOR THOSE THOUSAND INTERNSHIPS.

WHAT THAT TOLD US IS THAT IT WASN'T THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY.

IT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AND EARN A SOLID WAGE AND WORK FOR A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED COMPANY DOING SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS.

SO AS OUR ECONOMY HAS REBOUNDED, COMPANIES HAVE COME OUT OF THE TECH GARDEN AND BILLION-DOLLAR START-UPS AND MICRON HAS CHOSEN CENTRAL NEW YORK AS SOME OF OUR HIGH TECH EMPLOYERS HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW LIKE JMA, WE ARE FINDING THE STUDENTS ARE STAYING.

WE HAD 7,000 MORE PEOPLE IN THE GEN-Z GENERATION STAY IN SYRACUSE IN 2022 THAN LEFT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S NICE TO SEE.

I HAVE TO START TO WRAP.

THEY'RE YELLING AT ME.

RYAN, IT WOULD BE SILLILY TO THINK THAT A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS JUST GOING TO GO LINEAR UP, RIGHT?

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SETBACKS.

>> SURE.

>> THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME HURDLES.

WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING?

>> LOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HOST COMMUNITIES, TRAFFIC IS A CHALLENGE TODAY.

THE GREAT THING IS THAT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS GOING TO DEMAND THAT WE FIX THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME TRAFFIC-RELATED ISSUES THAT CERTAINLY WILL BE SOME SHORT-TERM PAIN FOR LONG-TERM GAIN.

BUT I THINK OVERALL, THERE IS AN AMAZING TEAM THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER HERE THAT'S WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND SPEAKING VERY HONESTLY TO EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MICRON IS SUCCESSFUL.

IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND WE GET THIS PROJECT DONE ON TIME, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO REAP THE BENEFITS.

>> MELANIE, YOU AND KEVIN COMMENTED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN AS WE GO.

RIGHT?

WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING YET.

BUT FROM WHERE YOU SIT, THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

ARE WE ADEQUATELY PREPARED?

>> I THINK, YES, WE ARE ADEQUATELY PREPARED IN THAT THE COMMITMENT IS AT LEVELS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN.

SO ANY ROAD BLOCK-- AND THERE WILL BE THOSE-- I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO WORK THROUGH IT.

AND THAT IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 90% OF THE ISSUE THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE TO REMOVE ROAD BLOCKS.

>> THE SCO, WILL WE SEE CHIPS PRODUCED BY 2026?

>> THE FAB, WE WILL SEE EQUIPMENT MOVING IN IN 2026 AND OUTPUT WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE FAB IN 2027.

>> IT'S SILLY TO ASK Dr. HILTON, BUT CAN ONE COMPANY, BIG AS IT IS, CAN IT REALLY TRANSFORM CENTRAL NEW YORK AND MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE?

>> YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS ROB POINTED OUT, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INVESTMENTS BEFORE MICRON AND THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THAT, AND SO I THINK I'LL BORROW FROM MELANIE'S WORD, IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR REGION AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GROWTH AND SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BENEFITING FROM THIS $100 BILLION INVESTMENT.

>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT ONE COMPANY ALONE CAN'T DO IT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE PARTNERING WITH ALL THE FRIENDS HERE IN NEW YORK.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL.

I HAD TO ASK.

WE GOT OUR ANCHOR... >> STATE OF NEW YORK IS HAPPY ABOUT THIS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> FOR SURE.

>> ROB, REALISTICALLY, GOING OUT A COUPLE YEARS AS FAR OUT AS YOU WANT TO GO, REALISTIC EA, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE?

>> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE FIRST AND FOREMOST, CENTRAL NEW YORK IS A LEADER IN THE REBIRTH OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS.

>> THAT'S A BIG REALIVIC... >> THAT'S A BIG HEADLINE WHEN YOU THIS I ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 20 YEARS.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR REGION IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS.

JOBS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

LABOR MARKET PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE ARE ALL PAYING ATTENTION TO BUT THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH INTO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND DISADVANTAGED, PULL PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE SITUATIONS AND INTO EMPLOYMENT AND TO REALLY CHANGE THE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE FOR OUR REGION.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE.

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT, PLANNING FOR IT.

>> HE WENT LONG ON HIS ANSWER.

GIVE ME THE FINAL THOUGHT.

HE IS BEING REALISTIC.

GIVE ME YOUR MOST OPTIMISTIC VIEWPOINT.

>> I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT, YOU ASKED Dr. HILTON ABOUT CONCENTRATED POVERTY AND THE REALITY IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF POVERTY IS A JOB.

AND FOR SO MANY YEARS THOSE GOOD MIDDLE-CLASS MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT HELP SUPPORT MANY OF OUR MINORITY COMMUNITIES WENT AWAY.

THIS TEAM IS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT DEVELOPING TALENT AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO BRING THAT OPPORTUNITY BACK TO THOSE WHO NEED THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE SIX OF YOU STARTING FIRST OF ALL WITH ROB SIMPSON, CENTER SITE C.E.O., THANK YOU FOR YOUR REALISTIC AND OPTIMISTIC VIEWPOINTS AS WELL.

Dr. WARREN HILTON, PLEASURE MEETING YOU.

HOPE TO SEE AWE ROUND TOWN.

PRESIDENT OF OND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND KEVIN YOUNIS.

EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING SHARING THE STAGE WITH US.

MELANIE LITTLE JON, VICE PRESIDENT AT NATIONAL GRID FOR CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN NEW YORK STATE, ALSO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE MICRON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

RYAN McMAHON, ONONDAGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE, CERTAINLY HAS BEEN WITH US ON THIS PROJECT FROM THE VERY START.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO SCOTT, VICE PRESIDENT FOR EXPANSION EFFORTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MICRON.

APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

WOW.

THAT'S A LOT.

WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND TONIGHT FOR SURE!

BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE COMING DURING SEASON THREE - SO, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A BUSINESS, PERSON OR JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENING IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, LET US KNOW - CONTACT US BY EMAILING NEWS AT WCNY.ORG.

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