A sign of growth: Micron and local investors buy properties surrounding White Pine site

CLAY, N.Y. — Micron and local investors are making moves to buy property around the White Pine site in Clay, where Micron plans to build its semi-conductor plant, local leaders call it a promising step.

Micron has now bought a one-acre parcel of land in the Town of Clay right next to the space of the proposed chip plant.

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This comes as a positive sign for those who had concerns if Micron would actually come to town.

Rob Simpson, President of CenterState CEO, a local business development group, said, “When any project is announced there’s a healthy level of skepticism about how real it is but I give Micron a lot of credit they’ve been on the ground here on Central New York on the ground here since October of last year.”

According to County Executive Ryan McMahon, the investment in the community is exactly what he expected, “We promised the company a mega site of about 1,400 acres, I think what you’re seeing now is that the company is very committed not just for what we talked about but for more potential growth and they understand that they need to make additional investments into certainly land.”

Other groups are also investing in the area, businessman Adam Weitsman and former advertising executive Jeff Knauss paid $795,000 for 154 acres of property just north of the proposed Micron site.

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"This is all the Micron impact, certainly Adam Weitsman and Jeff Knauss, two successful business people aren’t buying a golf course right over the river in Oswego County if Micron’s not right there," McMahon said.

Central New York is budding with growth according to Simpson, “This is the most level of activity that I've seen in Central New York that I’ve seen in my 20-year career. The economic development pipeline is as big as it has ever been, over 7 billion dollars in projects that are under consideration for investment in Central New York."

According to Simpson, the next things the community needs to focus on are increasing housing availability and uplifting the community with job opportunities.

The public will have the chance to weigh in on the White Pine Commerce Park project at a special town board meeting on Wednesday, June 7 at Liverpool High School at 5:30 p.m.