The Working Lunch with Jack Crumley
Oct 16, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Headlines plus an interview with Joe and John Lanni, the founders of the Thunderdome Restaurant Group \----------------------------------------------------------- Follow Jack on Twitter (X)…
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The Enquirer says that Meta has made a deal with local leaders in Mason County, Kentucky, to put a data center campus on 3,000 acres, with the initial plans to build just one facility, but it could see a build-out of up to six buildings.
Reporting in the paper says that the initial phase is expected to create at least 100 full-time jobs, while the full five-phase development is expected to create 400 full-time jobs once they're fully built.
No reporting right now on how many jobs are threatened by this potential AI expansion.
Mason County Judge Executive Owen McNeil put out a statement acknowledging what he calls the fear of change, but he says this is a transformational and generational moment, calling Mason County perfect for Meta.
The county says it will generate an estimated $60 million for Mason County schools, $26 million for county government.
Meta saying that it will pay the full cost of power that it will use and also invest in Mason County.
There was a big nonprofit announcement, a little bit of celebrating going on for Last Mile Food Rescue.
That's an organization that finds good food that's available and then uses volunteers and technology to coordinate and collect it and get it to those who need it most.
Co-founder and CEO Eileen Buddo is being recognized for a national gathering of Forbes 50 Over 50 and Under 30 honorees in New York.
90-minute visits into the Champions Club, the Scouts Club, the warning track and dugouts, plus the clubhouses and more.
Details and tickets are available at redsmuseum.org. And the Cincinnati Business Courier giving some updates on the apartment living scene downtown.
That is a 52-unit apartment complex on Garfield Place, facing Piatt Park, now open, following an $11 million office conversion project.
Ashley Commercial Group, based out of Villa Hills, has been working on this for more than a year now.
And amenities at this new spot feature a club room, a fitness center, a pet spa, and a guest suite that is rentable to friends and family of people who live there.
The Enquirer says that Meta has made a deal with local leaders in Mason County, Kentucky, to put a data center campus on 3,000 acres, with the initial plans to build just one facility, but it could see a build-out of up to six buildings.
Reporting in the paper says that the initial phase is expected to create at least 100 full-time jobs, while the full five-phase development is expected to create 400 full-time jobs once they're fully built.
No reporting right now on how many jobs are threatened by this potential AI expansion.
Mason County Judge Executive Owen McNeil put out a statement acknowledging what he calls the fear of change, but he says this is a transformational and generational moment, calling Mason County perfect for Meta.
The county says it will generate an estimated $60 million for Mason County schools, $26 million for county government.
Meta saying that it will pay the full cost of power that it will use and also invest in Mason County.
There was a big nonprofit announcement, a little bit of celebrating going on for Last Mile Food Rescue.
That's an organization that finds good food that's available and then uses volunteers and technology to coordinate and collect it and get it to those who need it most.
Co-founder and CEO Eileen Buddo is being recognized for a national gathering of Forbes 50 Over 50 and Under 30 honorees in New York.
90-minute visits into the Champions Club, the Scouts Club, the warning track and dugouts, plus the clubhouses and more.
Details and tickets are available at redsmuseum.org. And the Cincinnati Business Courier giving some updates on the apartment living scene downtown.
That is a 52-unit apartment complex on Garfield Place, facing Piatt Park, now open, following an $11 million office conversion project.
Ashley Commercial Group, based out of Villa Hills, has been working on this for more than a year now.
And amenities at this new spot feature a club room, a fitness center, a pet spa, and a guest suite that is rentable to friends and family of people who live there.
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