Just after Micron announced its $3 billion expansion in Manassas in August 2018, where it will manufacture chips for self-driving cars, city Mayor Hal Parrish II spilled the beans.
The city did little, if anything at all, to let surrounding jurisdictions like Prince William County know they were talking with Micron about the major expansion, Parrish told us during an interview at a Prince William Chamber of Commerce networking event at Carmellos.
- A total of 1,100 new Micron employees are expected to move the region over the next nine years to work at the newly expanded plant.
- They'll need homes, and they'll have children who will need seats in area schools (Prince William County already has the most crowded classrooms in the region with a one-to-35-student-teacher to student ratio).
- There are service-industry businesses like restaurants, and dry cleaners that will be needed to serve the new Micron employees and their families.
- And, of course, there will be more cars affecting the region's already clogged road network.
The Micron deal was started by the city's economic development (ED) office, and the state later stepped in to help seal the deal. At $3 billion, it was and still is, the largest economic development deal in Virginia history, topping the $2.5 billion deal to bring Amazon to Crystal City.
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Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Spotsylvania County Public Schools are closed on Thursday, January 9, 2025, due to icy road conditions.
Code 2: 12-month employees report two hours late as safety permits.
Essential personnel will report at specified times.
All school-sponsored activities and student externships are canceled.
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King George County Public Schools
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Code 2: 12-month employees report at 10 a.m.
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