Saturday, December 10, 2005
Here are articles on incentives from last week.
IKEA is getting a $2.8 million incentive package from Draper City, Utah. Read more.
The incentives debate is heating up in Georgia. Read more.
Colorado Springs is debating whether incentives should be used to keep companies. Read more.
The folks in Evansville (like the folks in Western North Carolina last week) wonder what happened to their share of state economic development incentives. Read more.
More details on the Nissan move from California to Tennessee. Read more. A Tennessee offical defends the deal. Read more.
Anderson, SC is debating whether it is a good idea to provide incentives for public financing of a convention center attached to a Hilton Garden hotel. Read more.
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