09/15/2026
SB Energy, OpenAI, Oklo, Nvidia…
These are names I NEVER thought I’d hear associated with my hometown.
I’ve watched Squawk Box almost every weekday for six years. I know these companies inside and out. So when massive development started happening just 22 miles from my house, I started making videos for two reasons:
1️⃣ I’m obsessed with the markets.
2️⃣ NO ONE outside the Ports-Pike development actually knew what was going on.
The more phone calls I made, emails I sent, and local coffee I bought to get answers, the clearer things became. I wasn't getting hype, hope, or doom-and-gloom. They were giving me FACTS.
In this area, people are used to big corporate promises falling through. They want to believe the hype, but they also want the truth.
The deeper I dug, the more I realized people in Pike County are still carrying real pain from past promises. But seeing how local leaders are stepping up changed my perspective. Growing up with a mom involved in Leadership Portsmouth, starting the Southern Ohio Senior Games and now on Portsmouth city council, I know the difference between officials who just want a title and people who do the REAL work because they care.
Over the past few months I've witnessed that real work in Piketon. People in the trenches, fighting to make sure we get it right this time. I want to be a part of that fight so I went inside the room where these decisions are being made. decisions designed to protect this county and positively affect this region long beyond my lifetime.