Capital Project Sales Tax

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City unveils possible projects for capital sales tax

With the application process in full swing, the city rolled out some potential projects to be funded by a possible capital sales tax in the coming years. City Manager Charlie […]

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City completes capital sales tax commission with appointments

Three more people have been added to the commission charged with finalizing a list of capital projects to be funded by a possible 1-percent sales tax. Greenwood City Council approved […]

County approves capital sales tax commission, selects reps

Greenwood County Council created a capital projects sales tax commission and appointed its first three members Tuesday. Ruth LaForge, retired community development director with Upper Savannah Council of Governments; Steve […]

Partnership foundation offering support for capital sales tax

Greenwood Partnership Alliance’s board of directors was notified Wednesday of a vote of support coming from its Foundation for a Greater Greenwood County in providing $15,000 for capital projects sales […]

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Nov. 1

MONDAY HODGES TOWN COUNCIL TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Hodges Town Hall. CALHOUN FALLS TOWN COUNCIL TIME: 6 p.m. LOCATION: Calhoun Falls Civic Center, 401 N. Washington St. AGENDA: Called meeting. […]

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Oct. 18

MONDAY GREENWOOD CITY COUNCIL TIME: 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: municipal building, council chambers, room 207. AGENDA: Public hearings: second reading, ordinance amending City of Greenwood hospitality fund budgets for 2015; second […]

Don’t let word ‘tax’ spook you just yet

What’s scarier than a Halloween costume? Probably, for many people, the word “tax.” Let’s face it. Most of us associate that word with another word: increase. And that generally stirs […]

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Lakelands counties eyeing penny tax

Come 2016, multiple counties in the Lakelands could be collecting pennies. Known as a penny tax, the capital project sales tax has become a common tool for local governments to […]