SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – People ranging from adolescent to elderly came out to be a part of the first Micron Community Engagement Committee meeting at the Institute for Technology at Syracuse Central (ITC).
The committee hopes to create a dialogue between the tech giant and the people in the community. Government officials who were in charge of negotiations with Micron are hopeful that the project will create around 40,000 jobs in the community.
Members of the public who attended the meeting are expecting more from Micron’s involvement in the community. Mable Wilson, one of the coordinators of the West Newell Street Community Garden is wondering how else the company plans to chip in to benefit the city. “They keep saying they want to be supportive of urban agriculture and I want to know to what extent,” said Wilson.
Dr. Dan Ryan of the Franciscan Northside Ministries has concerns about how the billion-dollar company plans on dealing with the problems many in the city of Syracuse face every day. “Is there going to be an engagement plan to fight things like hunger in the city,” he said. Ryan also questions whether the company plans on improving the infrastructure in the inner-city areas, “What type of infrastructure upgrades and latency that could be a benefit to the public,” he said.
With Micron conducting its first in what is a running series of meetings, the company clearly hopes to create a strong relationship with the community of Central New York
