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Jasper council sets Feb. 4 hearing for J&M Properties and considers vacating Old Parris Jasper Road; economic development threshold proposed to double
Summary
The Jasper City Council set a Feb. 4 public hearing on an economic development application from J&M Properties LLC and adopted an amendment raising the city’s construction-cost threshold for economic incentives from $1 million to $2 million, while retaining the existing jobs requirement.
The Jasper City Council set a public hearing for Feb. 4, 2025, to consider an economic development assistance request from J&M Properties LLC for work at the former hospital/discount pharmacy site on 19th Street, and discussed two related land-use items: a proposed amendment to the city’s economic development ordinance and a request to vacate an unimproved portion of Old Parris Jasper Road.
City attorney Russ Robertson and staff described the J&M Properties request to demolish and reconstruct a building on the 19th Street parcel and to create space for a second new business. Robertson said Alabama’s constitution requires the council to hold a hearing and identify the beneficiary before any local economic development assistance is granted; the council voted to set the required public hearing for the Feb. 4 meeting and directed staff to publish…
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