LORAIN, Ohio – Lorain Councilwoman Mary Springowski knew it was a bold move when she sent an email to Intel’s CEO in 2021, urging the tech giant to consider building its next chip manufacturing plant in her hometown.
“It was a moonshot,” Springowski told cleveland.com. “But I had nothing to lose.”
Lorain didn’t land the $28 billion Intel project. But Springowski set in motion a chain of events that allowed Columbus to win the bid – promising the largest single private sector investment in state history and planting the seeds for Lorain County’s own transformative project…