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Madison County development authority requests $1.5 million in SPLOST allocation for business park and land acquisition

3831351 · June 13, 2025
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Summary

The county's development authority asked the Board of Commissioners for $1.5 million in the 2026 sales tax allocation to support water, road and site work for a 73‑acre business park and for strategic land purchases.

Ben Morris, representing the county development authority, asked the Board of Commissioners on June 24 to allocate $1.5 million in the 2026 SPLOST (sales tax) loss allocation to support long‑term economic development projects.

Morris said the request—described in the meeting as $1,500,000 or about 5.3% of the projected loss allocation for 2026—would be used primarily to advance infrastructure on a 73‑acre…

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