The pressure begins anew for the West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance and the Columbus/Lowndes Development LINK to bring new, steady jobs to those communities – which has done fairly well in attracting aviation-related firms in recent years -- especially following the passage of last weekend’s vote on a 1% tax increase on tourism-like establishments in the city of West Point, estimated at about $20,000. The monies, says West Point Mayor Scott Ross, is to be directed to the Growth Alliance for tourism, beautification and/or industry recruitment. Above that tax money, West Point and Clay County jointly pay the LINK $300,000 annually for economic development purposes. West Point resident Don Searcy says the “bottom line (is that) people want to see how the jobs are going to be created from this tax increase.” Source: West Point, Miss., Daily Times Leader, Sept. 11, 2012.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tax increase adds pressure on alliance to grow Clay business
The pressure begins anew for the West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance and the Columbus/Lowndes Development LINK to bring new, steady jobs to those communities – which has done fairly well in attracting aviation-related firms in recent years -- especially following the passage of last weekend’s vote on a 1% tax increase on tourism-like establishments in the city of West Point, estimated at about $20,000. The monies, says West Point Mayor Scott Ross, is to be directed to the Growth Alliance for tourism, beautification and/or industry recruitment. Above that tax money, West Point and Clay County jointly pay the LINK $300,000 annually for economic development purposes. West Point resident Don Searcy says the “bottom line (is that) people want to see how the jobs are going to be created from this tax increase.” Source: West Point, Miss., Daily Times Leader, Sept. 11, 2012.
The pressure begins anew for the West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance and the Columbus/Lowndes Development LINK to bring new, steady jobs to those communities – which has done fairly well in attracting aviation-related firms in recent years -- especially following the passage of last weekend’s vote on a 1% tax increase on tourism-like establishments in the city of West Point, estimated at about $20,000. The monies, says West Point Mayor Scott Ross, is to be directed to the Growth Alliance for tourism, beautification and/or industry recruitment. Above that tax money, West Point and Clay County jointly pay the LINK $300,000 annually for economic development purposes. West Point resident Don Searcy says the “bottom line (is that) people want to see how the jobs are going to be created from this tax increase.” Source: West Point, Miss., Daily Times Leader, Sept. 11, 2012.
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