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Votes at a glance: Gaston County actions on economic incentives, transportation grant, pump station transfer, appointments and tourism funding
Summary
The Gaston County Board of Commissioners approved amendments to an industrial incentive agreement, a local machinery tax-grant for a county company, a state community-transportation grant application, a sanitary pump-station site transfer, and tourism funding for a shade structure during the September meeting.
The Gaston County Board of Commissioners took multiple formal actions at its September meeting. The board voted on economic development agreements, a transportation grant application, a pump-station site transfer, tourism funding for a shade structure at Fraley Field in Cherryville, and a set of appointments. The key outcomes are summarized below.
Edgewood Industrial incentive amendment: The county’s economic development staff requested an amendment to a 2022 incentive package with Edgewood Industrial Phase 1 Owner LP (Trinity Capital Partners). Lisa Summey, assistant director of the Economic Development Commission, said the developer is reconfiguring the project from a two-phase plan to a single phase of roughly 500,000 square feet and a projected investment of about $60 million. The board voted unanimously to amend the agreement to allow a Level 4 incentive (a 10-year…
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