Here’s a recap of Greenville County Council’s Nov. 5 meeting.
Approved: Inducement agreements, Laurens Road plan
Council approved several resolutions involving inducement agreements for a number of economic development projects around the county.
Five resolutions involved a $19.6 million project by Southpoint Commerce Center LLC for a speculative industrial building to be located in a Greenville-Anderson multi-county industrial park.
Three other resolutions involved projects totaling more than $313 million in anticipated investment and the creation of nearly 1,000 new jobs. The projects are:
- Project Blackbird — $215.9 million investment, 702 jobs
- Project Strong — $47.5 million investment, 200 jobs
- Project Bolt — $50 million investment, number of jobs unspecified
Council also approved a resolution in support of the city of Greenville’s Laurens Road Redevelopment Plan, which involves creating a tax increment financing district to help fund the area’s redevelopment.
Introduced: Tax incentive measures
Council also introduced more than two dozen ordinances for first reading, more than half of which involved tax incentives for economic development projects.
Several involved fee-in-lieu-of-tax (FILOT) agreements with Southpoint Commerce Center LLC with related amendments expanding the Greenville-Anderson multi-county industrial park to include the project.
FILOT and MCIP expansion ordinances involving projects Strong, Blackbird and Bolt were also introduced.
