Hey guys, welcome to Good News York. It is, uh,
what day is it? You still don't know what day
it is? I never know what day it is. It is Thursday.
Tomorrow is Friday. It's the one day that we
don't do Good News York and I'm going to be extra
confused. Yeah. And yesterday was Wednesday.
Just wanted to let you know. Well, that's, I
can't figure it out. All right. Well, you said
tomorrow's Friday. So I was like, who cares?
We have a guest here. We do? Yeah. Oh yeah. Look,
hey, this is Sheena Tiska of The Giving Bean.
right here in Syracuse, correct? Yeah. Yeah.
And we are having you on the show because you
are exactly what the show embodies. Not only
doing something amazing, which is providing coffee,
which we all know is very important. She's already
guest of the week. She brought us coffee. For
sure. Yeah. In fact, I think she's the guest
of all time. I don't think any guest has brought
us out. I love my buddy, Phil, that was here
yesterday. He's like a brother to me, but he
didn't bring us coffee. Yeah, I love Phil, too.
He didn't bring anything. Yeah. He brought a
friend, and she was cool. She didn't bring coffee.
No, zero coffee. Best guest. Best guest. You
win. You're at the top. Thank you. Sheena, we're
so glad you're here. The giving bean. Now, the
reason, again, why we had you on is because it's
not just you're not just selling coffee. Tell
us what it is you do. It's way more than just
that. Yeah. So I'm actually a little coffee truck
is how I started my little six by 12 foot trailer.
And the bigger mission is that we give back,
hence the name, the Getting Bean. Also, my nickname
growing up was Bean, so Sheena Beena shortened
to Bean. So it just kind of all tied in together.
Very good. Yes. Yeah. So I actually was a teacher
for 17 years and I'm a mom of three and I have
two little ones at home. And when it came time
to put two kids in daycare. It just did not make
sense for our family. So it's a lot of money.
Yeah. Yeah. But it's also a big move to leave
a career that you've been with for so long. And
teaching is stability for the family. So, yeah,
I. decided to do it because I thought, you know,
how can I still be involved with schools and
kids and not walk away completely? As teachers,
we can't leave and go to Starbucks or Dunkin'
and there's no good coffee in the staff room.
There's a Keurig and you bring your own cup and
you throw it in. Most of the time we'd send someone
out with like a post -it note when you have a
quick, you know, break with a list of coffees
to get. So I always come home and complain to
my husband, there's no good coffee. Teachers
need coffee. And he was like, well, why don't
you do something about it? I said, yeah, OK.
He's got a real business mindset. He's a business
owner himself. So he really pushed me to do it.
And I said, all right, let's give it a shot.
He found a trailer on Facebook Marketplace. And
I came home one day, and it was in the driveway.
So he pulled the trigger without even you knowing.
Because he's great. He said, if you don't do
anything, you're just going to keep talking about
it. He's right. Yeah. He built it. He designed
it for me. The mission was just really to start
off with teachers and schools. So we go in the
mornings mostly before the day gets started.
We can go during the day. Some teachers like
it during their lunch or planning. But all tips
come in as donations. And it goes into what's
called the giving beef fund. And then those funds
are used to give back to kids within our local
school districts that are in need, even in the
community. We've done a lot, so sorry, we've
only been in business since last June. We haven't
even been in business for a full year. But at
Thanksgiving, we serve 18 full Thanksgiving meals
for underprivileged families in our districts.
We sponsor 13 kids at Christmastime. We're able
to provide gifts for them. Um, we've provided
basic, uh, needs like toiletries, just winter
clothing, I mean, things that, you know, um,
it's sad to say, but there's, there's a lot of
kids in our community. There's a lot of schools,
um, that, you know, they need that extra support.
So we've been able to do it. I mean, it's really,
um, it happened. I'm, I'm, you know, amazed that
it did, but I'm thrilled at how well it's been
received by the community. We booked you on the
show for a reason, this being the reason, but
it also. we were talking about this off the air,
this hit home with me because before I landed
this dream gig, I couldn't find a job in this
industry to save my life. I was struggling and
a friend of a friend hooked me up with, I became
a long term sub at an elementary school in the
Ithaca City School District. And it was the only,
first of all, I got to see exactly what teachers
go through and exactly why it's so important
that she's providing this for kids that are in
need because there are a lot of children that
need a little less and families that need help.
So not only did I get to see that first and foremost,
but when I left, it was the only job where I
wasn't like, ha ha, peace. You know, you connect
with every student and you connect with your
faculty and you're dealing with things that are
very serious, you know, life and... you know
developing these kids and teaching these kids
and protecting these kids and so it I can see
why You didn't want to completely say hey I'm
gonna just go start a whole new thing like you
still wanted to be involved and I'm sure that
was a big part of it Yeah, um, and actually I'm
a special education teacher, but I was specifically
Being self -contained behavioral specialized
teacher and it was K through four So those kids
were on special life program with me and they
were with me from kindergarten through fourth
grade. So I had a really strong relationship
with a lot of kids, a lot of families, and it
was really hard to walk away. And when you're
a sub, you get to see everybody. Like you're
I mean, subs, I don't have enough of them. We
had a long term sub that they created in COVID.
So my first year I was a long term sub and that
was, you know, I come in some days I'm one on
one with special ed. Some days I'm teaching fourth
grade, teaching kindergarten. Then they cut the
position. And then so last year before I came
here, this this current year, I was working specifically
as a long -term sub in special ed and it's funny
you say that I miss those kids so much I so we
we're not here on Fridays usually every other
Friday I go and I just go and visit because I
not because I have to it's because I want to
I miss them yeah you know you you spent so much
time so I love that you did that thank you yeah
that's awesome uh I want to hear a little bit
more about this truck yeah yeah or the uh the
trailer rabbit oh you're about this i don't know
i got very uh very emotional uh so tell me about
it is it something it sounds like you you pull
up you go to schools and serve coffee there to
the teachers and that sort of thing yep so i
trailer it um i did it at first um my husband
he didn't Real good job of just kind of teaching
me along the way and then finally being like
you're on your own You know, he was trailing
it with his truck. He was bringing me everywhere.
He was unhooking it I now have my own truck and
I trailer it myself. He's probably gonna do it
one day He's like, nope, you're talking out of
fish. So yeah, we pull it up. They usually leave
it hooked up Um, and we just, you know, I coordinate
with the schools ahead of time. You have to,
you know, obviously have like what time you want
to be there. Usually I say like anywhere from
an hour to two hours, there is, um, there's a
pre -order option. They can order if they want
and they come out and they picked up their drinks
according to the time slot that we ordered. Um,
but yeah, we serve, um, all sorts of hot ice
drinks, some pastries. I, you know, team up with
some local, um, they want to support local as
much as possible. So local, uh, businesses that,
you know, provide fritters, you know, just different
donuts and things like that. That's awesome.
But not just schools, you know, I mean, some
businesses, like once Word got out, there's there's
really not a lot of coffee trucks. Sure. No.
And I didn't realize that going into it wasn't
I wasn't trying to get into the food truck world.
Right. I naturally did. There's a food truck
for everything. Yeah. Like they're all over the
place. But there's not a lot of coffee trucks.
So once, you know, Word kind of got out. I'm
starting to get calls for like weekend gigs or
businesses, a lot of sporting events, tournaments,
like parents are sitting on me for hours. My
daughter had a volleyball tournament last weekend.
I spent so much money with you. Yeah. And it
was an all day and they didn't have, they had
everything at the snack bar except coffee. You
would have made a killing. So I love that you
- So remember me for the next tournament. I will.
So is it - Is it like special occasions and like
by appointments or do you have standing you know
spots you're at? I don't have that currently
right now. It's just the school's coordinate
with me or now that I have the website and you
can go on and you can request an event. In the
summer, when there's a little more happening,
I close where I'm gonna be on the weekends. We've
done things like helping hounds, some other different,
we do have a lot of mental health. That's awesome.
Places in the community, yeah, whenever they
do things like that. So I mean, I'll go to, I
wasn't selective for the past year because obviously
I just wanna get out there. But now, you know
what I mean, if it's something that I can give
back to or work with a local. in the organization,
I try to do as much of that as possible. Do you
have a geographical range? On Dogwood County.
Okay. That's what I'm health permitted for right
now. Oh, I see. Yeah. So right now on Dogwood
County, I'm looking to expand it to Oswego County
because again, you know, some schools in there
have heard of it. I live in Pennville. I live
in Oswego County myself. My son goes to Phoenix.
So obviously I'd like to kind of expand that
way. Yeah. Is it easy to... just expand another
county or do you have to like sort of go through
the whole process? I haven't gotten there yet.
You can get like a one day pass with another
county if I needed to do something. I mean, I'm
sure the regulations are pretty similar. It goes
by county? Yeah. And is it? Oh, it's health.
I didn't know if it was a permit to like park
in actually, so it's not different. Not really.
So, I mean, I'm health permitted. And as long
as you really have permission to be on the premises
of that property. Yeah. So there are days like
you don't have any schedule that you just kind
of drive around you're like, where should I I
haven't yet I get that This is um, she brought
us the coffee getting bean I can't help but notice
it's privately labeled. It's got your name all
over it. Yeah, that's new. The truck obviously
was not up and running for January, February,
especially in the snow that we got. So I kind
of took the time to do some behind the scenes
things. I designed the website and I got the
private label through Paul DeLima. Yeah, Paul
DeLima. Pretty well known in the area. I didn't
realize how much they grew for other companies.
Um, so they've been awesome and they, yeah, they
group this one for me now. It's, it's my own
label. Did you have lost, did you have a saying,
like, did you do a lot of like tasting? I can,
I will eventually, um, to start off with the
first one, I kept it pretty simple. It's just
kind of a, you know, medium roast, um, kind of,
you know, just middle of the road to please everybody.
Well, Matt will be able to give you a review
in like four hours. He'll drink this whole thing.
Yeah. He drinks a lot of coffee. So you're in
the right place. Sure, for sure. And actually
with that, now we offer fundraising. So now we
can sell the copy for fundraisers, for streamers,
and sporting teams, and things like that. So
it's just another opportunity to, you know, give
back and raise some money. That's amazing. The
giving bean dot info. That is www .givingbean
.info. That's it. That's really cool. I love
it. I love it. these local businesses that are
doing innovative things and helping people. That's
what we're here for. That's what this is. That's
why it was an overrater when we found you. We're
like, we have to get her on the show. Absolutely.
Well, it's nice that you guys do something like
that. Of course. Well, you highlight some positive
things in the news. It's great. It should always
be done. You know, we should always be focusing
on positive. But as you know, the 24 hour news
cycle that we've been in lately, not even lately.
It's tough, it's hard to find good news, so that's
why we're here and you embody that. Thank you,
I appreciate it. It's great. I love hearing so
many things about this. I love that your husband
was just so supportive and it was like, you know,
because some people are like, I don't want to
spend that, but he, I mean, you talk about -
Or even the entrepreneurial guy. I've seen a
lot of entrepreneurial folks that are very pushy.
Oh, you should do it, you should do it, you should
do it, but they never are willing to actually
jump in and help you do it. Your husband really
has the key. You talk about this on social media
a lot. There's a big difference between saying
and doing. There's probably 10 million entrepreneurial
minds out there with these great ideas and maybe
five of the whole people are going to actually
take the leap and do it. I just love that she
came home and he's like, trailer's in the drive.
Get out there. You're like, oh, okay. He actually
built it, yeah. He designed it. On my social
media, I kind of track the progress of putting
it together, so. That's awesome. He was a handy
man, and I wouldn't have been able to do it without
him, that's for sure. And I'm assuming you can,
we were talking about Deke earlier, you can probably
bring your kids sometimes, right? With you, and
they get a family thing? Not, well, they're almost
two and four, so. Oh, wow. A little too much.
I have a 13 year old, he actually has come with
me a couple of times and helped out. That's cool.
So you're three years away from having some free
labor. Yeah, free labor. Absolutely. No, the
little ones though, no, I keep them out of there.
Absolutely. What is the future of this business?
Where are you trying to take it? So I have a
lot of visions and, you know, hopes for it. Like
I said, I'm thrilled with the way it's gone and
not even a full year. It's really gearing up.
this season, I think there's already a lot of
momentum with the schools because the word has
just spread. Hopefully we can go. Yeah, that's
awesome. Love it. I'm not opposed to maybe eventually
moving into like a little coffee shop. You know,
it's crazy. Like I said, you're in the teacher
mindset. I never thought I'd be doing anything
different. Yeah. But this is this is rewarding
and you know similar in different ways than teaching
was so I Just I'm just gonna keep it going. Yeah
I feel like it's it's low risk high reward, right?
I mean, I can't speak for your overhead, but
I assume there's not a lot of overhead you kind
of working around your hours and I mean the demand
can only increase right so It seems like a winning
formula. It's literally a drug. I tell people
all the time, you know, when we're talking about
stock markets and things like that. Give me more.
Yeah. I'm always like, look, what I've learned
as I get older is always in whether it's a stock
or a business, invest in things that people need.
Yeah. And like, like drugs or your food. I would
put coffee. Right? If it was family few, it might
be the number one. You know what I mean? It's
so I think you're here. You're doing it the most
simple way, which is the way you should do it.
You know, there's so many of these people that
try to do gimmicks and things. I had a guy years
ago came to me and it was one of these multi
-level marketing deals, right? But it was this
coffee product that this guy was trying to sell
me. And I'll tell you what this guy. He was an
incredible salesman, an incredible professional.
He should have been out selling high -ticket
items and making girl money rather than slinging
coffee out of his trunk. But he was trying to
get me, and the whole pitch was their coffee
has all these extra vitamins in it. It's better
for you. You should drink it. We're reinventing
the wheel now. And all I could think the whole
time is like, bro, it's coffee. We're already
addicted. Make it tasty enough and we'll buy
it. The fact that you've got to add these gimmicks
is a big red flag. I'm like, what is going on?
I just want my coffee, man. Right. Just make
a good cup of coffee. That's all you got to do.
Another good thing you have going for you. I
was talking about this yesterday. I subscribed
to the Arnold Schwarzenegger mailing list and
he just sends out this really positive news.
But he's always talking about health trends and
it's all based on science, data. And he's been
focusing a lot on coffee. It's really kind of
almost done. It's almost done a 180 where you
would hear things like, you know, too much coffee
can go as hard. It's trending the other way through
data and science that actually coffee, you know,
within reason is better for you. So, you know,
we've had people on that sell products, you know,
we're living in a society where we're trending
towards more health, right? Like gluten free,
non GMO, you know, that can hurt businesses that
are selling products with that. I don't think
you have to worry. It's not going away. And studies
are showing that it's trending better and better
in a positive way. Coffee drinkers wrote those
studies. They did. They most likely did. But
it's fine. I mean, teachers for sure. They need
coffee. Yeah. Or with children all day long.
I think that's the other thing that's appealing
about you and your business is that as much as
you are an entrepreneur, you didn't get into
it as like it's my next project to make money.
Like you can tell you Like this really reflects
who you are. You really are giving, you know,
and giving back and you're doing it because everyone
can relate to you. Like you're a mother of three
kids, a former teacher. And I just think that
that alone sells me. I'm like, yeah, I want to
buy coffee from her. Right. You know what I mean?
So we love it. Yeah. That's so cool. The giving
bean dot info is the place to be of course that
will be in the description so you could click.
Yes, unit is a giving being the giving being
dot info and this is a promise and I'm saying
on the air, you know if I mean we're we're we're
getting our footing here. We have lots of plans
for so many things live events one of them. You
will be on our list. I'm already sitting here.
Yeah, me too. Thinking about what could we book
her for. I was like, can we just set her up on
the bargain list? Yeah, we're going to be doing
that. We're so thankful you're here. My wife
is also a teacher. Awesome. Again, more reason
why this hit home and we love you for it. Real
quick, let's talk about that for a second. Yes.
Because I got questions, we might as well do
it on the air. If you were to have an event,
say we have an open house and we want to do that,
I'm assuming you'd come here and is there like
a flat price that I would pay to cover open bar
for lack of a better term? It depends. So I don't
charge any fee to pop up at schools. So for teachers,
there's nothing. You can do a couple different
options. Like if you wanted to just have me pop
up for a couple hours, you could just pay a fee
and then you can have people pay at the truck.
Um, but then I also do have packages where if
you wanted to buy, you know, not to cover 50
drinks, 75 drinks. Like an open bar. Yeah. Cool.
Yeah. That's great. Very similar process and
kind of like actually just I'm going to be getting
into some weddings this year too. Perfect. Young
people they're saying don't drink as much and
in beverages like coffee are really on the rise
for those reasons. It never was really into,
you know, the fancy drinks now. So, you know,
I just actually put out my March menu and came
up. I try to come up with like five specials
every, you know, month or holiday season or whatever.
So a lot of Irish cream and some lucky charm
marshmallows. Oh, wow. So, you know, you just
make it fun and festive. That would go. People
love it. That would crush on, what is it, Tipperary
Hill there. Yeah. You know, for the Irish Fest?
We're gonna leave the whiskey out of it. Well,
you would have to have a whole can of Mac for
that. Everybody walking around there's got a
little flask. Yeah. Right, the single. Just bring
your own. Yeah, but that's awesome. Any specific
events we should tell folks that are coming up
that you're gonna be at? Oh, gosh. Yeah, anything
you want to flood. summer. Not yet. Honestly,
it's been mostly the sporting events and everything
that's coming up that's big for the summer. I'm
guessing your Facebook is probably the best thing
to follow for when you do that next summer? Yep.
I've got facebook .instagram and then there will
be a schedule posted on the website of where
I'll be during the summer. We'll make sure we
put the graphics up, you know, and all the info.
Thegivingbean .info, we want to make sure. Yeah,
and Sheena, as the summer comes and big events
come up that you want to promote, please come
back anytime and we'll talk about those. It'll
be fun. Yeah, we were super stoked that you came,
and we really appreciate what you're doing, not
only because of the coffee, but again, to give
back, especially the teachers, man. So important.
So important. Sheena Tizek, thank you for joining
us on Good News York. Actually, maybe a good
news brew. Maybe can we? Down the road, maybe
that, we'll brew our own, who knows? I'm trying
hard to get custom branded everything. Anything
we can come up with. Can we get a new brew? I
really do want my own cup. That's legit. We'll
see. Sheena Tizek, thegivingbean .info. Thank
you so much. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
We'll be right back with some cool, I got a couple
of genuinely good local news stories. about New
York State that I think folks are gonna like.
So excited. We'll be back with those in just
a moment. All right. And we're back. Are we back?
We're back. Oh, I thought you were just being
a mouse wheel up. It's with the red lights. Oh,
no. Oh, yes, I see it now. It's recording. Dude,
this coffee is good. Yeah. Yeah. I was waiting
until the cameras rolled to actually try it.
But you know, break just so you know. through
the magic of television. We're not even on television.
We brewed some of this Giving Bean coffee from
our friend Sheena, whose last name I'm not gonna
even try to say. Sheena Tiska. I wrote it down
and I'm pronouncing it correctly. Sheena Tiska
of the Giving Bean. I'm so glad we had her. Not
only is the coffee good, but her story was awesome.
All right, let's see. You say the coffee's good.
I like it. I'm a bit of a coffee shnaw. I'm a
little worried. It is quite hot. Yeah, that's
key. Okay, here we go. He's rolling it around.
You're getting some floral notes. Did someone
let Juan Valdez in? It's such a dad. Did someone
let Juan Valdez in? It's great coffee. No, it's
great. It really is great coffee. GivingBean
.info. Makes me even more excited to come up
with some kind of event that we can book here
to have. Yep. We have all these ideas for events,
but now it's like, I just want to create an event
so we can have her show up. I got a buddy that
does. It's got a hot dog cart that I haven't
had an event and didn't give away hot dogs. It's
the same guy. Joe? Yes. That's hilarious. Well,
we got to visit that out out there. There aren't
very many weird guys. Anyway. Just want to have
an event where you give away all kinds of cool
stuff and there's lots of businesses that do
that It's kind of a customer appreciation thing.
I just literally never had the time to play in
such an event No, I was thinking a full staff
now so I can make somebody else do that shit.
I had a I was in the shower. I was thinking things
in the shower and when I'm driving I had a vision
of us someday doing like a torch there was a
joke like 24 -hour telethon Podathon we're literally
we're gonna we're gonna be on there for 24 hours.
There's a word. What is the word for that? Danny?
I'm like a marathon marathon. All right sure
and we do one of those sleeping streams where
they just people can watch you snore all night
People do that shit. I would do it, but I wear
a CPAT mask. So it's embarrassing cuz I look
like predator Dude, can we just dress it up like
you're you're a fighter pilot, and then we could
do like some green screen shit. Top Gun music?
So all night long in the video. Yes! Flying a
plane. And I have no idea. Right. That's fantastic.
I just invented that. So we play Top Gun music.
Yeah. And I'm just sleeping. Yep. But I'm also
saving the world. 100%. God damn, we are creative.
All right. Couple cool things to talk about.
Yeah, what do you got? I literally don't know.
Yeah, so in Long Island last week, Long Island.
Long Island is how you say it. They were blessed
with a Wegmans dude something that we've had
forever Here in upstate central, New York. They
got the first one there and there's some tiktok
videos if you're bored People are losing their
mind. Yeah, of course there This look at this
great deal. Hey, they think it's awesome, but
he's fucking cucumbers. They're organic. Uh I'm
going through a weird weird emotions with this
clearly. I'm happy. Yeah There's no bigger fan
of Wegmans than me. I live in Ithaca. You know,
Wegmans is there. I remember visiting my friend
at Brockport when he went to college back in
like 2000, 2001. And he's like, wait till you
go to a Wegmans. And I'm like, dude, it's a grocery
store, how cool. It's its own city, if you've
never been there. But here's where the pole is
for me. You know, that's one thing I used to
say, you know, everyone makes fun of us down
there. I go upstate, bunch of woodchuck, right?
And I'm always like, they knew what we had, you
know, having Wegmans. And now they're getting
it. And I'm jealous. I don't know why. I'm just
like, I just hope they appreciate it. Shut the
positive light though, you know? Yeah. The one
cool thing about it is, and hopefully this extends
to that location, is Wegmans carries a lot of
central New York local products. Yeah. They carry
our buddy John Tramino's pasta sauce that actually
supports a charity, which is awesome. helps feed
homeless people. Is that the pasta with the wrong?
Yeah, no, no, we'll put it on so you get the
right thing. It's just updated branding. I love
folks to make sure they grab the right jar. But
yeah, it's the sauce that the cook with admission.
I'm fucking up his tagline. Well, we just know
we're trying to plug something for his business
is over without me. But all kinds of products
like that you will find in wagons and with any
luck. people in Long Island are getting exposed
to our awesome products. And I hope they do that
for the small businesses down there, too. I hope
they do it. And again, I came off wrong. I don't
want Wegmans to be as big as Walmart. I mean,
I am a huge Wegmans fan. It's just hard to see
your little baby go off. It's our special thing,
you know? But to hear that they're flipping out
in Wyoming, it makes me happy. When they first
opened, the local police put out traffic alerts
to tell people that you might have a hard time
getting through traffic. That's amazing. For
everybody going to the Wegmans. That's Long Island
in general, but still. Good for them. My wife,
before she we met, we were both bartenders and
servers. She waited on Danny Wegman. And when
he signed his credit card, she still has it as
an autograph. She stole his credit card? No,
no, no, no. I mean, like when. Yeah. Yeah, that's
how we bought our house. No, that's uh, he because
he has a house and we live in the finger lace
and he's got a house, uh, giving away all the
secrets. I know. But anyway, um, he came in and
she waited on him and, and when he signed his
credit card, she kept the copy that he signed.
That's awesome. Because in our world and people
thought it was ridiculous, but in our world,
he's a huge celebrity. Yeah. I mean, that's me.
You met royalty right there. We got some other
good news. Let's hear it. A little more localized.
Here in Onondaga County, the county executive
Ryan McMahon announced another semiconductor
company coming to Onondaga County. That is awesome,
man. Another one. As DJ Khaled said. You're more
of the business mind. Is that okay for Micron?
I mean, Micron's fine on its own, but is it more
the merisher, right? They're another doing similar
things. We need lots of chaps. Chaps. Chips.
Chips. You know, I got the press release, though.
Hold on. I'll. Yeah. They announced today a company
called On Semi. Hopefully I'm saying that right.
It's all one word. On Semi. On Semi. They acquired
the former next gen facility in Dewitt and plans
to make it one hundred and twenty million dollar
investment and create 80 new jobs in the semiconductor
industry. This company designs and manufactures
energy efficient solutions for a wide range of
industries, including automotive, industrial,
cloud power, IOT. This is huge. Yeah. I mean,
for real though, like we read about these revolutions
in the history books, the industrial revolution
and all these things. And we're like, yeah, cool.
We're living in a time in central New York where
someone might have been you, someone quoted.
like last week on the show that this is the biggest,
this micron deal and now this, this is as big
as when they built the Hurricanel. It's not a
joke. I mean, it's 100%. It's a big deal. Yeah,
it is big. Micron in particular is the largest
investment in manufacturing in the history of
the world. It's off the charts, and it's right
here. In Syracuse, New York. Right here. I'll
give you the final quote from the press release.
The executive Ryan McMahon said, This is a truly
exciting day for Onondaga County and our burgeoning.
Why is he going to use big words? Local semiconductor
industry. The massive investment in jobs proposed
by On Semi Services further validation of Onondaga
County in central New York have become the hub
for companies looking to expand and grow in the
semiconductor space. Congratulations and welcome.
That was fan -frickin -tastic, man. I mean, dude,
this is called good news York. That's what it's
all about. And it's a struggle to find good news.
I mean, that is amazing. And listen, we're in
Onondaga County. This is a local thing. Again,
we're pretty excited about it. We're pretty excited
that Micron is a local thing. But the reality
is these press releases have been coming out
over the past year in damn near every county
in New York state. New big businesses in the
manufacturing high tech, whether it's semiconductor
battery technology or the research there of those
things have been. Being announced and opening
up and breaking ground and hiring people like
it's going out of style As a nerd, it's pretty
cool and as somebody who just likes to live in
a place with a strong sure Right, right. When
is my crime like gonna be officially up and right
because you go on social media And of course,
there's the naysayers talking about this forever.
It's like yeah. Well, it takes time There's a
wide variety of things the total completion is
like 20 years, but it's not 20 years before it'll
be in stages and in just a couple of years, there'll
actually be something there and people working
and they're actually doing things. So it's, you
know, it's, it's going to go people and it takes
a while. These things always take a while, but
the second you start seeing more and more action,
it's going to be like a blink of an eye. That's
amazing. That's so great for, for, for this,
this local economy and for the area. We were
just talking about Lenin's down in Long Island,
and we talked about this yesterday. People outside
of New York, when you say you're from New York,
they think you're from New York City. And then
anyone from New York City, when you say you're
from upstate, they either think you're from Newberg,
which is not upstate, or they're like, oh, you
live in a shack in the woods and you eat squirrel?
And it's like, no, we've got a lot more going
on than that. We also eat a raccoon. Dude, my
wife works with a guy that eats raccoon. By choice
and on that no This has been a great episode
of good news yard. It has been we shout out you
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