This summer, Ohio State’s Center for Urban and Regional Analysis brings together industry experts, researchers, and government leaders for four online-only webinars to discuss topics related to Intel’s plans to build the largest semiconductor chip manufacturing facility ever built in New Albany, Ohio. The initial investment of $20 billion is the largest single private-sector investment in Ohio history. This initial phase is expected to employ not only Intel staff but construction and service industry workers. This development raises questions over the lasting impacts this facility will have on Ohio. Where will these new employees come from and where will they live? What are the long-lasting impacts on our water and energy resources? What kinds of transportation infrastructure investments should we make to protect our quality of life? How will this affect Ohio's economic future?
CURA will host a series of panels around this theme. Harvey Miller, geography; director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis; and Sustainability Institute faculty advisory board, will moderate the events.
- Housing: June 3, 2022, at noon
- Robert Vogt, Real Estate Market Analyst at VSI
- Brent Swander, CEO at Columbus Realtors
- Erin Prosser, Assistant Director of Housing Strategies at the City of Columbus
- Jennifer Noll, Associate Director of Community Development at MORPC
- Development: July 15, 2022, at noon
- Mark Partridge, Professor, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy at The Ohio State University, Sustainability Institute Affiliated Faculty member
- Bill LaFayette, Founder, and owner of Regionomics LLC
- Darla Munroe, Professor, Chair of Geography at The Ohio State University, Sustainability Institute Faculty Advisory Board
- Ted Geer, Program Manager at One Columbus
- Transportation: July 29, 2022, at noon
- Lexi Petrella, Senior Planner at MORPC
- Kim Sharp, Senior Director of Development at Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)
- Andre Carrel, Assistant Professor, Civil Environmental, Geodetic Engineering, and Knowlton School of Architecture, at The Ohio State University, Sustainability Institute Affiliated Faculty member
- Matt Hill, Technical Study Director at The Licking County Area Transportation Study (LCATS)
- Water and Energy: August 5, 2022, at noon
- Jeff Bielicki, Associate Professor, Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, and Knowlton School at The Ohio State University, Sustainability Institute Research Lead, Sustainable Energy
- Aaron Wilson, Atmospheric Scientist at The Ohio State University (OSU), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
- Linda Weavers, John C. Geupel Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State University, Sustainability Institute Research Lead, Healthy Air, Land and Water
- Stephanie Kromer, Director of Energy & Environmental Policy at Ohio Chamber of Commerce