In response to an organizationâs signal that they could move their headquarters to Fort Worth, Amarillo City Council members unanimously approved a tax incentive agreement to keep the organization in Amarillo. The agreement between the City of Amarillo, the Amarillo...
One company could be getting a big incentive package, funded by Amarillo taxpayers. Last week, the Amarillo City Council approved a tax abatement and incentive package for Cacique LLC. The company, which is a producer of Latin dairy products and salsas, is considering...
Local government officials in northwest Texas recently signed off on handing over perksâfunded by taxpayersâ to a corporation in Amarillo. This week, members of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors voted to approve an incentive package for...
The Amarillo City Council and the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation have agreed to give SSI Foods LLC and Bovina Burger some expensive special perksâall paid for by Amarillo taxpayers. The councilâs deal includes giving the company an Amarillo EDC grant of up...
The Amarillo City Council voted this week to provide an economic incentive package to the West Texas A&M University Enterprise Center to fund a âtechnology accelerator program.â During the city council’s most recent meeting, members voted unanimously to pass...
Itâs not often a company turns down and, especially, gives back free money. But in an unprecedented move guided by âconscience,â Alex Fairly, President of Fairly Consulting Group in Amarillo, did just that. On Wednesday, Fairly told Amarillo Economic Development...
Amarilloâs city council and economic development corporation are facing a lawsuit that could halt the construction of a multimillion-dollar ballpark downtown. The petition for injunction, filed Tuesday by Amarillo taxpayer Claudette Smith, alleges that the City of...
When the 2016 presidential election drew national attention to âfake newsâ and the âD.C. swamp,â a young man in Amarillo was taking on his own cityâs entrenched media and local swamp. âEvery other news source in Amarillo is beholden to some special interest...
