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  1. #151

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    It would really be interesting to see how other communities and states structure their economic incentives.

    They all pretty much work the same in that they take tax dollars and gift them to companies.

    It really doesn't matter if it's TIF or job creation funds or sales tax rebates... It's all tax money that gets redirected to businesses.
    Its a catch 23 though. Don't do it and lose out on jobs, do it and lose out on tax dollars. We'd all love to live in perfect world where we could grow organically and didn't have to incentivize. Boeing threw a temper tantrum when the legislature even threatened their tax incentives. And we all agree we need those Boeing jobs. Only way to solve it is a national ban, which isn't happening. We either play and win or don't and lose.

    Wouldn't be surprised if the Amazon HQ2 incentives pushed 5-10 billion.

  2. #152

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    Quote Originally Posted by gopokes88 View Post

    Wouldn't be surprised if the Amazon HQ2 incentives pushed 5-10 billion.
    lol... that's prolly why they even started this 'competition' in the first place. They probably already have a preferred city in mind but by announcing they are looking for the right city, everybody will be competing by throwing out huge incentives packages. Every city wants to show you it's huge package (thank you, thank you.......) but seriously, they will likely get way more from whatever city they'd like to move to because that city too will have to whip out their biggest package in order to compete.

  3. #153

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    Have been reading where Boston may be their 'preferred' location. Now let's see how much Amazon can milk them for.

  4. #154

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    Quote Originally Posted by gopokes88 View Post
    Its a catch 23 though. Don't do it and lose out on jobs, do it and lose out on tax dollars. We'd all love to live in perfect world where we could grow organically and didn't have to incentivize. Boeing threw a temper tantrum when the legislature even threatened their tax incentives. And we all agree we need those Boeing jobs. Only way to solve it is a national ban, which isn't happening. We either play and win or don't and lose.

    Wouldn't be surprised if the Amazon HQ2 incentives pushed 5-10 billion.
    Would be great if it could happen. Let the mix of local tax policy, quality of life, access to talent and other market forces determine where a company operates. The taxpayers would all win.

  5. #155

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    This doesn't belong here but not sure where else to put it. Feel free to move it accordingly:

    Voting today in the Village for a first-ever bond package. Mostly street repairs, but also lots of new sidewalks, a multi-use path all along Britton to Hefner Parkway, park upgrades, and other capital improvement projects

    https://villageyes.com/

  6. #156

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnb911 View Post
    This doesn't belong here but not sure where else to put it. Feel free to move it accordingly:

    Voting today in the Village for a first-ever bond package. Mostly street repairs, but also lots of new sidewalks, a multi-use path all along Britton to Hefner Parkway, park upgrades, and other capital improvement projects

    https://villageyes.com/
    Good to see and I think this is much needed.

  7. #157

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    Passed overwhelmingly.

  8. #158

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    I honestly had no idea if it would or not but glad that it did. Facebook is a fickle mistress and extremely unscientific, but the impression I got was folks were pretty up in the air in terms of support. Will be good to see what comes next!

    Hopefully it's an extension of the sidewalk over Hefner Parkway to actually tie into the lake trails (not the Village, I know). Or a pedestrian bridge from Wayne Schooley Park over the highway

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