Tech Companies and American Manufacturing have a history of booming and busting towns. The Big Question for this last episode of the season is, will this AI chip factory scheduled to open in a suburb just north of Syracuse, NY actually provide reasonable, sustainable increased quality of life, or will it be the latest iteration of the boom and bust cycle? Annanda and Keisha ask key Syracusans to find out. SHOW NOTESTalk to us at Instagram (@moralrepairpodcast), on X (@moralrepair), and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moral-repair-podcast/

Syracuse  

Syracuse Poverty info 

From 2003 History of the Syracuse area’s Decline of manufacturing jobs – Brookings Institution 

Carrier Corporation – why it left 

Episode about Haudenosaunee 

Bob Searing's Article https://www.syracuse.com/living/2022/10/back-to-the-future-cny-is-poised-to-return-to-a-familiar-role-as-a-hub-of-leading-edge-american-manufacturing.html

Onondaga Historical Association cnyhistory.org 

Micron 

https://www.cnycec.org/ – Melanie Littlejohn is co-chair of the Central New York Community Engagement Committee for NY State’s Micron investment

Melanie Littlejohn also is the CEO of the CNY Community Foundation. Here’s a video

Environmental impact w/ map 

Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory | Taiwan’s Mega Factories EP1

What will Micron Technology mega computer chip fab look like in Central New York?