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Article: Money offered to local firms
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- May 27, 2009
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By Tim Hrenchir
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
A body of Topeka and Shawnee County elected officials voted
Tuesday to offer U.S. Food Service up to $1 million in incentives to
carry out a $13 million expansion at its distribution center at 4725
N.W. US-24 highway.
The Joint Economic Development Organization also voted to offer
up to $500,000 in sales tax proceeds as an incentive to Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co. to carry out a planned $250 million expansion at
its Topeka plant.
Mayor Bill Bunten said that after dealing for years with rumors
that Goodyear would leave Topeka, the project guarantees it will
remain here "for a long time."
Both incentives got "yes" votes from all seven voting JEDO board ...