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Council unanimously approves reinvestment zone for Royal Oak expansion in industrial park
Summary
Council opened and closed a public hearing and unanimously approved designating a reinvestment zone for Royal Oak’s planned expansion; staff said the next phase is a public notice period and a potential 50% tax abatement for 10 years if approved in a future meeting.
Greg Sales, representing Greenville Board Development, presented the first phase of a proposed reinvestment zone for Royal Oak’s expansion in the city’s industrial park and asked the council to move forward with the required public notice and timeline.
"If they don't build it here, they're going to build it in Alabama," Sales said, urging city action to keep the company and its jobs in Greenville. Sales explained the legal timeline for creating the reinvestment zone and said staff recommends proceeding so the project can move to a tax‑abatement request in a later meeting.
Mayor (speaker 1) opened the public hearing and asked for public comment; no one spoke in favor or opposition and the mayor closed the hearing. The council then considered the item and approved the designation; the item passed unanimously.
Staff said that if the reinvestment zone proceeds they will advertise for the statutorily required notice period and later present a specific abatement request (Sales said staff would later ask for a 50% tax abatement over 10 years for the expansion). The public hearing record and the unanimous vote mean the project will proceed to the next public‑notice and approval steps.
