With a zoning question and neighborhood protest holding up a $3.87B chip facility, SK hynix officials say the company can ‘ultimately win over their support.’ First community meeting set for Friday.
Nice scoop, Dave. Tonight’s meeting should be informative. Pretty obvious that the guy from PRF has egg on his face - PRF is to blame for this PR problem. Since the announcement one year ago, this plant picture is the very first depiction of what the plant will look like. Where was PRF all this last year? SK Hynix is cutting them some slack by saying they have been a strong partner, but where was the PRF advice to come to WL earlier, introduce yourselves to the community, and get to know us? PRF should have known better and have done us all (SK Hynix and the community) a huge disservice by keeping it all under wraps. PRF has a little groveling to do and has to eat crow. And SK Hynix has got to develop better roots in the community and obtain independent avenues of contact with us. PRF cannot be the sole gate-keeper any longer.
The neighbors appear concerned about the potential environmental impacts (various chemicals, PFAs, exhaust, etc.) on their immediate and surrounding areas. Has an environmental impact report been made available to the public?
It seems as if PRF failed to communicate properly with the local community, thinking that pushing itself on neighbors was desired. SK hynix is clearly not amused by this cleanup in Aisle 1.
PRF saw no opposition when they were planning on building next to lower income renters and naively assumed there'd continue to be no opposition when they wanted to relocate closer to more affluent homeowners
They didn’t need too. Those “low income renters” (really homeowners in Kimberly Estates, Hadley Moors and Solendo Vista) aren’t in city limits, so the city can ignore them.
And what about the tax implications? Every time something like this is built in Lafayette, there is a kerfuffle about tax abatements promised as incentives. Did I miss it, because I have seen no reference to taxes and this project. The localities are going to need tax revenue under the Braun tax bill.
Thanks Dave Bangert for the Q&A. Although I live in White County, it’s probably safe to say that our residents and townships will see some growth and, revenue from SKhynix.
It’s much easier to support a project like this when you live 23 miles away from the proposed site. When you are not the one breathing the dust, living near chemical waste, or dealing with the day-to-day impact, of course the growth and revenue sound great. But people who live right next to the proposed industrial zone are being pushed on such a huge risk unnecessarily so the corporate and some people can enjoy the benefits. It is not ethical to put a gigantic heavy industry plant next to where people live. It is also not great you show your support for such a thing when it clearly will not impact you.
Nice scoop, Dave. Tonight’s meeting should be informative. Pretty obvious that the guy from PRF has egg on his face - PRF is to blame for this PR problem. Since the announcement one year ago, this plant picture is the very first depiction of what the plant will look like. Where was PRF all this last year? SK Hynix is cutting them some slack by saying they have been a strong partner, but where was the PRF advice to come to WL earlier, introduce yourselves to the community, and get to know us? PRF should have known better and have done us all (SK Hynix and the community) a huge disservice by keeping it all under wraps. PRF has a little groveling to do and has to eat crow. And SK Hynix has got to develop better roots in the community and obtain independent avenues of contact with us. PRF cannot be the sole gate-keeper any longer.
The neighbors appear concerned about the potential environmental impacts (various chemicals, PFAs, exhaust, etc.) on their immediate and surrounding areas. Has an environmental impact report been made available to the public?
It seems as if PRF failed to communicate properly with the local community, thinking that pushing itself on neighbors was desired. SK hynix is clearly not amused by this cleanup in Aisle 1.
PRF saw no opposition when they were planning on building next to lower income renters and naively assumed there'd continue to be no opposition when they wanted to relocate closer to more affluent homeowners
The “no opposition” part is confusing. They have never asked for public inputs for that one.
They didn’t need too. Those “low income renters” (really homeowners in Kimberly Estates, Hadley Moors and Solendo Vista) aren’t in city limits, so the city can ignore them.
And what about the tax implications? Every time something like this is built in Lafayette, there is a kerfuffle about tax abatements promised as incentives. Did I miss it, because I have seen no reference to taxes and this project. The localities are going to need tax revenue under the Braun tax bill.
The company representatives called the “packaging facility” Fab.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davebangert/p/wl-clears-way-for-iedcs-sk-hynix?selection=778441e6-90dd-443a-9e9f-9d6578022e10&r=5d3jjv&utm_medium=ios. Based in Lafayette covered that last year. “According to state law, local governments are guaranteed at least 12% of that IDD revenue.” Seems that 88% will go to some state agency.
Thank you, Jennet. I had forgotten that. Will take a look again.
Thanks Dave Bangert for the Q&A. Although I live in White County, it’s probably safe to say that our residents and townships will see some growth and, revenue from SKhynix.
It’s much easier to support a project like this when you live 23 miles away from the proposed site. When you are not the one breathing the dust, living near chemical waste, or dealing with the day-to-day impact, of course the growth and revenue sound great. But people who live right next to the proposed industrial zone are being pushed on such a huge risk unnecessarily so the corporate and some people can enjoy the benefits. It is not ethical to put a gigantic heavy industry plant next to where people live. It is also not great you show your support for such a thing when it clearly will not impact you.