County approves Project Jackson follows 30 year TIF extension
Aiken County Council on Tuesday night approved continuing to participate in the North Augusta Tax Increment Financing plan for 30 more years totaling about 16.5 million in deferred property tax revenue for roughly 460 acres. The funds will back a proposed riverfront multi sports stadium conference center and parking structures in North Augusta as Project Jackson. Six council members supported the intergovernmental agreement with three opposing. one amendment creating a 1 percent extra capture if growth exceeds projections passed and will be added to a 349,744 annual rebate for 30 years. The original 1996 TIF deferred about 19.5 million with an eventual 10.5 million return after 2012 rate readjustment.
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Project Jackson
Aiken County
Phil Napier
Andrew Siders
LaVana McKenzie
Sandy Haskell
Scott Singer
Chuck Smith
Ronnie Young
Singer
Tif
North Augusta
North Augusta Growth to Fund Bonds and County Tax Cap
North Augusta would receive funds from growth above four percent to pay off project bonds, after which 100 percent of the growth goes to the County. Singer's amendment would cap the County’s $8.8 million deferred taxes in the original TIF model. Rawls’ motions to shorten the TIF term and reduce acreage failed.
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North Augusta
Singer
Rawls
Area Deaths List Prominent Local Funeral Notices
Dominique Cooper of Bath Ralph D Burleson of Beech Island Samuel M Rice of Graniteville Vergie Lawton of Riker William Danforth Sr of New Ellenton William Matthew Beldsoe of Greeley Colorado highlighted in Deaths and Funerals notices.
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Dominique Cooper
Bath
Ralph D. Burleson
Beech Island
Vergie Lawton
Riker
William Danforth Sr
New Ellenton
William Matthew Beldsoe
Weather update with 5 day forecast
Partly cloudy conditions prevail with highs near 79 and lows around 58. Five day outlook includes continued mild temperatures and intermittent cloud cover. No precipitation reported in the readable text.
Changing norms of dating and marriage in modern America
The piece traces how courting has evolved from early American roots to a 1920s dating craze, midcentury norm of quick marriage, to today’s online era. It notes shifts in who initiates courtship and the variety of relationship lengths, highlighting a local example with Katie Binion and Sam Leguizamon dating since 2009.
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Sam Leguizamon
Katie Binion
Aiken Community Playhouse
St. Louis
America
New World
Psychology Today
PBS
Aiken
Obamacare explained to public at Greater Aiken event
Kath erine Nelson Todd of Consumers' Choice Health Plan spoke at the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce program on the Affordable Health Care Act Rumor vs Reality. The session, sponsored by Hutson Etherredge Companies and held at USC Aiken, covered penalties and marketplace use for uninsured South Carolinians.
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South Carolina
Katherine Nelson Todd
Choice
Todd
Greater Aiken
Health-Care.gov
Sam Monroe
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Graniteville
Greeley, Colo
Abby
United States
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Hucks
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Robert W Shellhouse
Anderson Funeral Directe
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