Posted on Jun 23, 2022
Years after nixing a deal with Tyson, this small Kansas town is still growing
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Four years after fighting off a controversial chicken processing plant, the growing Leavenworth County community approved a deal with little fuss to bring in Topeka-based Hill’s Pet Nutrition with a 10-year, 100% tax abatement.
TONGANOXIE, Kansas — The evening of Aug. 2, 2021, was a big one for this northeast Kansas town.
The major item on the city council’s agenda? A measure to give a 10-year, 100% tax abatement to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a Topeka-based company with plans to bring a $250 million pet-food plant — along with 80 new jobs — to the community.
The project would later be dubbed a “deal of the year” by Business Facilities magazine.
But first, the council had to hold a public hearing to let Tonganoxie residents give their input.
TONGANOXIE, Kansas — The evening of Aug. 2, 2021, was a big one for this northeast Kansas town.
The major item on the city council’s agenda? A measure to give a 10-year, 100% tax abatement to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a Topeka-based company with plans to bring a $250 million pet-food plant — along with 80 new jobs — to the community.
The project would later be dubbed a “deal of the year” by Business Facilities magazine.
But first, the council had to hold a public hearing to let Tonganoxie residents give their input.
Years after nixing a deal with Tyson, this small Kansas town is still growing
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Hopefully this will all pan out well. We had a major international company make promises about all the jobs they would bring. They were promised $3 billion in tax breaks and credits to create 13,000 jobs over 15 years. 5,000 of those jobs were to be for those from our state. To date they hired only 1,000. Looking at the market, it was decided that they cannot compete even with the government supoprt offered. They have abandoned that plan.
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Kudos to the town for continuing the efforts to bring jobs to their community. Kudos to the company for finding a tax friendly environment for their business.
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