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Council preliminarily approves TaylorMade distribution facility with neighborhood conditions
Summary
The Van Buren County Council voted to preliminarily designate a 450,000‑square‑foot TaylorMade facility as an Economic Revitalization Area, endorsing a 10‑year property tax phase‑in while requiring the developer to address traffic, drainage and lighting concerns raised by neighbors.
Van Buren County Council members voted March 4 to preliminarily approve a tax‑phase‑in application for a proposed TaylorMade distribution and light‑manufacturing facility at 6700 Petersburg Road, subject to negotiated neighborhood commitments and a promised clawback provision.
The council heard a presentation from Pat Hickey, economic development director at the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership, who described the project as a 450,000‑square‑foot build‑to‑suit facility representing about $59 million in private investment and roughly 45 new jobs in addition to 149 retained positions. Hickey…
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