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A couple road construction updates for anyone traveling around the Micron area over the next few weeks.
According to the Town of Clay, NYSDOT is scheduled to begin work at the Route 31 and Burnet Road intersection on November 9.
The project is expected to take about six weeks and will include new turn lanes and a traffic signal to help improve traffic flow and safety.
The Town also says Micron/Gilbane has sent notification letters to nearby residents and businesses with details about the work and contact information for questions or concerns.
There is also paving planned at the Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road intersection.
That work is expected to happen overnight next week to help limit daytime traffic impacts. If weather or other conditions delay the work, the Town says paving is scheduled for November 7.
Anyone traveling through either area should expect temporary traffic changes, construction crews and possible delays.
I’ll keep an eye out for the actual resident notification letter or any additional NYSDOT information if it gets posted publicly.
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Today is National First Responders Day.
This one means a little more to me personally because public safety was a pretty big part of my life before I ever started this page.
When you’ve spent time around that world, you see a side of it that most people hopefully never have to. The calls in the middle of the night. The situations where there isn’t much time to think. The things people carry with them long after the call is over. And the amount of training and preparation that goes into being ready when somebody else is having one of the worst days of their life.
Firefighters, EMS, police, dispatchers and all of the other people involved in emergency response are asked to step into situations most of us instinctively want to get away from.
A lot of that work also happens quietly. Most calls never become news stories. Most of the people helped will never know everyone who played a part behind the scenes.
With everything changing in Central New York right now, including the growth around Micron, our first responders are going to continue being an important part of making sure that growth happens safely.
So today I just wanted to take a moment to recognize the people who answer those calls every day, whether they are career, volunteer, paid, unpaid, in the field or behind a radio.
Thank you for what you do, and especially for the things most people never see.
Happy National First Responders Day.
ITM0nkey
This was an interesting one out of Boise, especially when thinking about what Micron Technology’s community investments could eventually look like here in Central New York.
Micron announced another $67 million for projects around the Boise area, this time focused mostly on transportation, housing and support for families.
One of the larger pieces is $11.6 million for public transportation, including a new bus route connecting Caldwell, Nampa, the Boise Airport and Micron’s campus. It would be the region’s first route running all day, seven days a week, and is eventually expected to serve around 200,000 riders a year.
Another $10.5 million is going toward housing. That includes affordable housing projects in Boise and Mountain Home, along with down-payment assistance for as many as **200 first-time homebuyers**.
The largest commitment is more than $45 million toward $250 contributions for eligible children in five Idaho counties who open federal Trump Accounts.
What I found most interesting was how Micron described the thinking behind the investments.
Micron Foundation Executive Director Rosita Najmi said they looked at some of the basic things employees need before they can even get to work: transportation, somewhere to live, and support for their children.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little also praised the company for pairing its growth with investment in the community, saying Micron’s expansion means good-paying jobs while also putting money into things families deal with every day, like housing, transportation and opportunities for their kids.
Idaho House Speaker Mike Moyle made a similar point, saying companies that call Idaho home have a role to play in helping working families and that Micron is putting real money behind that idea.
This comes on top of the $75 million Micron had already committed to Boise-area nonprofits since 2023.
Boise obviously isn’t Central New York, and there’s no guarantee the same programs would be used here. But Boise is several years further along with Micron’s expansion, so I think it’s worth watching how the company is responding to some of the housing, transportation and workforce pressures there.
There’s quite a bit more detail in the Idaho Statesman story, including exactly where the housing and transit money is going.
Credit to Mark Dee and the Idaho Statesman for the reporting.
I’ll put the full article in the comments.
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Another example of the Micron workforce effort reaching well beyond Clay.
WWNY reports that students in Watertown middle and high schools are taking hands-on classes supported in part by Micron, with a focus on skills tied to advanced manufacturing and technology.
At Case Middle School, students are using 3D printers to design product ideas, while high school students are learning how to build electrical circuits and make them work.
The program is now in its third year, and Watertown Superintendent Dr. Larry Schmiegel said Micron provides the curriculum and materials. He said the goal is to give students multiple pathways and a chance to find the areas they are most interested in.
New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa visited Watertown and described the classes as part of workforce development, saying schools are trying to better align what students are learning with the skills employers will actually need.
What I find interesting here is how early some of this workforce development is starting.
A lot of the conversation around Micron focuses on hiring people for jobs that exist today or will exist in the next few years. Programs like this are looking much further ahead and giving students exposure to engineering, electronics and manufacturing while they’re still in middle and high school.
Credit to WWNY 7 News for the reporting.
I’ll put the full story in the comments.
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A pretty important milestone for New York’s growing semiconductor supply chain.
Edwards Vacuum has now started production at its new Genesee County facility, bringing dry-pump manufacturing to the U.S. for the company.
That moves this project from construction and planning into actual semiconductor equipment production.
The roughly 250,000-square-foot facility at the STAMP advanced manufacturing park is designed to produce dry vacuum pumps used inside semiconductor fabs. These systems help create and maintain the vacuum conditions needed during chip manufacturing.
The plant is expected to eventually support about 280 jobs and has capacity for as many as 20,000 pumps per year.
Initial production is focused on Edwards’ existing iXL and iXM pump lines, with its newer Ganymede platform expected to follow in 2027.
What makes the production milestone especially interesting is that this is another piece of the semiconductor supply chain that is now physically operating in New York, not just being announced for the future.
It is not a Micron project, but facilities like this are part of the much larger network of equipment makers, suppliers and manufacturers that support semiconductor production.
As Micron Technology , GlobalFoundries , Wolfspeed and other chipmakers continue expanding across New York, it will be interesting to see how much more of that supporting supply chain follows.
I’ll put the full Semiconductor Digest article in the comments.
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Question for the masses. Does any of my followers have experience, or know someone with experience, with 3d design? Specifically with Unreal engine metahuman?
This was a pretty interesting interview from NewsChannel 9, because it gives a look at another part of the Micron project that most people probably haven’t thought much about yet.
A lot of the focus has been on roads, rail, construction and utilities, but the Syracuse airport is already planning for what Micron could mean for both cargo and passenger traffic.
Airport Authority Executive Director Jason Terreri talked about the really large chipmaking equipment that will eventually have to be brought into the region, including the possibility of 747 and 777 freighter aircraft coming into Syracuse. He said the airport is planning for that type of activity to start around the first quarter of 2028.
He also talked about what happens after the fabs are operating, when finished chips, supplies and other time-sensitive materials could start moving through the airport on a regular basis.
One of the more interesting parts to me was the longer-term planning. The airport is looking at a new cargo facility on the east side of the property that would be built specifically around the semiconductor industry, along with additional warehouse space and support for suppliers and freight companies.
And it isn’t just about Micron.
Terreri talked about the broader semiconductor cluster developing across Upstate New York, including companies like GlobalFoundries and Wolfspeed, and how Syracuse could potentially play a bigger role in moving high-value cargo as traditional hubs like JFK and Chicago deal with congestion and capacity limits.
There was also some good discussion about passenger travel. Micron is already sharing travel information with the airport and meeting with airlines to look at future connections, both domestic and international, as more employees, suppliers and business partners begin traveling in and out of Central New York.
There’s quite a bit more in the interview than I can reasonably summarize here, and I think it’s worth watching the whole thing if you’re interested in how the Micron project could affect the airport and the region around it.
Credit to NewsChannel 9 / LocalSYR for the interview.
I’ll put the full video in the comments.
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