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You're going to start seeing talks from surrounding communities soon about village and townships mergers. I have heard that Granville Village and Granville township may be considering it and I know that talk is open about St. Albans township possibly merging with Alexandria. I really think Granville will have a harder time convincing the township residents that it is a good idea. This would be similar to what Pataskala did with Lima township back in the 90s.

You only need enough basket to store all your Beanie Babies and die-cast NASCAR miniatures. The 90's were irritating at times. But on a serious note, are Intel and associated suppliers going to really have a long discussion on where temp offices should be? New Albany / Easton or a derelict building east of Newark and convenient to nothing?

Depends on the township. You're going to see some movements there real soon. Many are updating and tightening their comprehensive plans and zoning right now. I think you're going to see a lot of minimum lot size requirements much, much larger than your postage stamp in most newer suburban developments. There is a lot of talk about different JEDDs being planned along 161 and SW Licking County sewer is building a new tower and water treatment facility. I believe it is on Jersey Mill to service growth. The sewer district has been sending out lawyers to the townships promoting and selling their cooperation to create these JEDDs so they can service and make some money. Townships have very little legal protection and rights in the state, so they need to adapt and change to have a seat at the table. If I could look into a crystal ball, I'd see the sprawl and density stop around 310/161. That interchange will be very built up. East after that you're into a lot of 100 year flood plains and Granville township and St. Albans township both full of very wealthy landowners that can brush this off if desired. However, I've also see a 50 acre property right at York/37 and 161 go up for sale and sold quickly for close to $5 million recently, so who knows. The blood is in the water.

Thankfully, I'm not in the direct line of fire, but I'm in the area. Close enough to where investors are wanting our homes and property and ALL of the well known large suburban home developers are knocking on the area governments doors, daily, acting like they are doing us a favor. If and when I hear of anything closing, I'll be sure to update here.

That exact scenario is playing out over and over again. The narrative is, unfortunately, controlled by the loudest, most uninformed, voices on social media. And that is a message of "big gov't/big business is coming in and TAKING the land", usually by people with little to no understanding of how eminent domain works. So now you have a county full of angry people coming to township and other local gov't meetings angry that "the land is being taken from every one, and "woes be to the farmers". Many of those farmers are now millionaires. Many of them got new farms, further out, as part of the deal. But they're keeping quiet for various reasons and not telling people "hey, too bad, so sad, but we sold so ourselves and our kids don't have to work another day in our life". More power to them! The "loss of farmland" voices apparently haven't ever zoomed out of a Google satellite view map, or flown over Ohio. We're ok. Side note, think I've received 5 offer letters to sell my property in the last 2 weeks. They make nice paper airplanes to sail into the trash can.

There are many more deals that have been done for a long time that will be "completed" very soon. It's amazing how fast the work is moving along. Homes and buildings already being razed, road crews are out, markers along 161. The power of the federal gov't at work.

There is so much potential in that area north of downtown that I think finally has the right catalysts in place to make it happen. There are some pockets of beautiful, grand homes near that area. I applaud those people who are dedicated to maintaining and restoring those homes while surrounded by some "challenges". I'm really looking forward to seeing how that Main St from downtown to 79 corridor shapes up over the years.

I'm pretty sure "boutique resort living" is code for "we don't have a lot of capital for a full sized development... or a full sized pool". Can't wait to see what kind of dynamism the plants are going to bring to this apartment complex! /s

In regards to "where will people live", if you haven't already, take a look at the existing Intel sites in Oregon and Arizona in Google Maps or another satellite imagery site. Look at the density and proximity of housing to these fabs. I think, in both cases, the factory came first, then housing, so residential developments were built as a product of the factory, and not the factory coming in and setting up shop next to homes. I'd expect to see similar proximity here. I'm not expecting right across the street like in OR and AZ since MBJ holds most of the land around the site, but in Johnstown and the townships eventually. I do know for a fact that the local municipalities from Jtown to Newark have been approach for meetings, daily for the last couple of weeks, by developers like M/I Homes, requesting infrastructure details to see if those communities' sewer and water systems can handle new neighborhoods. And for a lighter-side laugh, from Nextdoor - the new level of NIMBY-ism. Achievement Unlocked. I'll block the names, but you can see it publicly on the site or app.

Thanks! Loooooong time lurker. ;) I've enjoyed this forums for many years.

I live out here in the "Ground-zero" area, and NIMBYism has already taken to all new levels on various social media platforms. The amount of just plain fake "info" floating around to justify their thoughts is mind boggling. Some of it is full-blown Q-level conspiracy beliefs where there is an evil cabal behind this coming development. To quote the sage Samuel L. Jackson, "Hold on to your butts!". NA may not have anything on their books already showing denser development, like Bridgepark, but they have demonstrated how to stick to their guns and accomplish a master plan. It's a new playbook now for them.

This would be the perfect opportunity for some larger-scale, master planned, mixed use communities to pop up near the new plant. There's a beautiful resort-like community right across the street from the Chandler, AZ Intel plant. There's actually a lot of high quality housing right on both the Ocotillo and the Hillsboro, Oregon campuses. New Albany has plenty of experience in planned development to get something like that done. I recall that the Beech Road area, south of 161, had originally planned for an "urban" density zone at the half-loop. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some dense housing pop up there, too.