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Enterprise zone expansion for Prairie Ace subdivision advances to full board after 6–2 vote
Summary
The Effingham County Tax and Finance Committee voted to advance a developer-backed request to add about 51.7 acres to the county's enterprise zone, a proposal supporters say will spur homebuilding but that others said risks unequal tax relief in an established subdivision.
The Effingham County Tax and Finance Committee voted to send a proposed expansion of the county enterprise zone to the full board for approval after a 6–2 roll-call vote, advancing an application developers say could enable as many as 41 new homes.
Sasha Altoff, speaking for the Effingham County Enterprise Zone Board, told the committee the proposal would add 50.3 acres in the Prairie Ace subdivision plus a 1.44-acre connector to make the parcel contiguous with the existing zone. She said the addition would raise the zone to about 8.96 square miles of the 14-square-mile maximum allowed and that the developers expect to submit an annexation application to the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity by the end of the month.
"This proposed residential development on these properties could…
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