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May's regular meeting of the Bryan city council including four items involving economic development.

One was creating a reinvestment zone on the west side RELLIS campus that would allow property tax breaks. A statement from A&M system chancellor John Sharp that was read by mayor Bobby Gutierrez says the 288 acre reinvestment zone could be the biggest economic development project since the creation of Texas A&M university.

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Captn_Ag05 said:

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………A statement from A&M system chancellor John Sharp that was read by mayor Bobby Gutierrez says the 288 acre reinvestment zone could be the biggest economic development project since the creation of Texas A&M university.

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Any ideas on what the "prospect" might be?

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Red Pear Luke (BCS) said:

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The biggest challenge to developing on 47 is the lack of infrastructure - namely water and sewer. It's so costly to install to begin with and there is going to need to be a lot done to get it in working order.

But I've always liked that area as prime for developemenr opportunities. I just don't have the hundreds and millions it requires. But I remember writing a paper in grad school about the BioCorridor!

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Red Pear Luke (BCS) said:

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The biggest challenge to developing on 47 is the lack of infrastructure - namely water and sewer. It's so costly to install to begin with and there is going to need to be a lot done to get it in working order.

But I've always liked that area as prime for developemenr opportunities. I just don't have the hundreds and millions it requires. But I remember writing a paper in grad school about the BioCorridor!

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A CoB water line was installed along Hwy 47, and the CoB is currently using Biden "Recovery Act" $$$, to procure easements, and install a sewer line from the Hwy 21/47 area, sending it miles to the sewer plant off of Jones Rd.

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Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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Samsung chip facility is in the works there

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Samsung in Taylor info...australopithecus robustus said:

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Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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Samsung chip facility is in the works there

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Are you speculating or saying this as confirmed? That would be huge and exactly what we need

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nwspmp said:

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I wonder if it might have anything to do with this

https://news.tamus.edu/texas-am-system-steps-up-to-stabilize-texas-energy-grid/

Current 69kV is right across the highway and 138kV isn't far away. Plant Cooling can happen maybe in the river?

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TommyBrady said:

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Texas A&M will receive $200 million to build fabs for quantum and artificial intelligence chip fabrication and about $26.4 million for the Center for Microdevices and Systems, which will work to develop the next generation of chips, according to Yossef Elabd, vice chancellor for research at Texas A&M.

"We are focused on the new chemistry, the new materials, the new processes and the next version of the chip," Elabd said.

The facilities at both universities do not aim to manufacture chips for commercialization; instead, they will focus on piloting new products that meet market standards and training the future technicians, engineers and leaders of the industry. Semiconductor companies are giving feedback to UT-Austin and A&M about what kind of facilities they need to build and what they should teach students to be prepared for working in this business.

Elabd said Texas is in a good position to attract new investment and federal funds.

"Most semiconductor companies are already in Texas, a lot of funding is in Texas, we are a very business-friendly state and Texas A&M is the No. 1 school in the country for engineering production. It is the best place for chip production growth," he said. "The $1.4 billion investment is a huge message to the entire community that Texas wants to lead the way."

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Sojur said:

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City of Bryan is currently spending $15M+ of federal grant money to extend water and sewer to the area around RELLIS.

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Tailgate88 said:

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Nuclear energy coming to RELLIS, hoping to prevent future electricity loss

https://www.kbtx.com/2024/05/30/nuclear-energy-coming-rellis-hoping-prevent-future-electricity-loss/

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