The Daily Review/Bill Decker
Opportunity zones, created by the 2017 federal tax cut legislation, are one method Berwick might use to revitalize First Street and other parts of its downtown.
You’ve heard about online commerce giant Amazon’s decision to kill plans to put its second headquarters in New York. Berwick Mayor Duval Arthur has a question about that: Why did Amazon pick New York in the first place?
Louisiana offered a reported $6.5 billion in incentives to land Amazon’s HQ2, which is worth an estimated $5 billion in investment and 25,000 jobs. That offer didn’t even make Amazon’s short list. New York’s temporarily successful offer was short of $3 billion.
“What does that say about our state?” Arthur asked. “Something is wrong.”
Whatever the challenges may be, Arthur, along with colleagues in Morgan ...
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