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Orange County Partnership pitches 'Orange Chip' initiative and industrial pipeline; officials flag power and infrastructure needs
Summary
Maureen Hallahan and Connor Heckert told the committee the Partnership will prioritize advanced manufacturing and semiconductor supply-chain sites in 2025, highlighting large industrial projects coming online and warning that power and other infrastructure are critical constraints for attracting fabs and related suppliers.
Maureen Hallahan, president and CEO of the Orange County Partnership, told the Education and Economic Development Committee on Dec. 9 that the Partnership will focus its 2025 economic-development efforts on advanced manufacturing — notably semiconductors — and on identifying sites that can host semiconductor-related facilities. "Orange County is on the map in the advanced manufacturing and industrial space," Hallahan said, framing the county as connective supply-chain infrastructure between downstate and upstate New York.
Connor Heckert, vice president of business attractions, outlined a development pipeline that he said will move vertical in 2025. He cited the Golden Triangle project — a…
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