About this episode
Oz explores the implications of Amazon's new fulfillment center in Salinas, including job creation and potential partnerships with local colleges.
Amazon is building a huge fulfillment center on the edge of town. With that comes thousands of new jobs, millions of tax dollars flowing into the city, and increased pressure on the infrastructure to keep things all running smoothly. Oz takes a deeper look into what this building actually is, how big it is, and how much sales tax is can potentially generate for the city of Salinas. Additionally, can the city approach Amazon and ask them to partner with local colleges to train a workforce centered on agriculture to fix and maintain the thousands of robots that will go into the new facility?
People in this episode
Host: Oz
Topics covered
- infrastructure
- job creation
- economic impact
- partnerships
- technology
- agriculture
Keywords
- Amazon
- Salinas
- fulfillment center
- jobs
- infrastructure
- agriculture
- robots
- tax revenue
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Amazon, local colleges
Products: robots
Places: Salinas, fulfillment center
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