Barry - The main reason for the initial site getting rezoned is that the county had an old Alcoa site that was not paying taxes. Jan Gardener jumped in with both feet and only thought of the tax money that would roll in. Ok, it was early days. What followed was a majority county council seduced by greedy land speculators and builders. Frederick is NOT in a great electric power position. We are in a drought. The Potomac River may not have the capcity to give the additional data centers what they require. Greed and Ignorance made Frederick Ground Zero.
And don’t forget! The corridor has no land and disinvested in 18 counties. Forever. What do we have? Land.
Here’s the plan:
Western, eastern shore, southern Maryland form a power block. Create a public-private regional economic development governance model that sits adjacent to the Commerce Department—not under Commerce.
With the state now at nearly 100% broadband build out, the “rural” poverty narrative is a 20th century construct that no longer fits modern economic realities. .
Barry - The main reason for the initial site getting rezoned is that the county had an old Alcoa site that was not paying taxes. Jan Gardener jumped in with both feet and only thought of the tax money that would roll in. Ok, it was early days. What followed was a majority county council seduced by greedy land speculators and builders. Frederick is NOT in a great electric power position. We are in a drought. The Potomac River may not have the capcity to give the additional data centers what they require. Greed and Ignorance made Frederick Ground Zero.
And don’t forget! The corridor has no land and disinvested in 18 counties. Forever. What do we have? Land.
Here’s the plan:
Western, eastern shore, southern Maryland form a power block. Create a public-private regional economic development governance model that sits adjacent to the Commerce Department—not under Commerce.
With the state now at nearly 100% broadband build out, the “rural” poverty narrative is a 20th century construct that no longer fits modern economic realities. .
It’s distributed economies, baby.
Barry, this reader thanks you. 🤗