Guest column: Trying to set the record straight on the property tax rate
Online comments by local citizens in response to some recent guest columns about city and county budgets and taxes have revealed some mistaken notions about the way property tax rates are established...
View ArticleAnderson budget cuts tax rate; officials assure sheriff new jailers are covered
CLINTON—The Anderson County Commission endorsed a budget Thursday that lowers the property tax rate, gives employees a day off, and is supposed to provide enough money to pay for jailers hired in the...
View ArticleTax financing meeting for Oak Ridge Mall postponed
The meeting to consider a tax incentive that could be used to help redevelop the Oak Ridge Mall has been postponed in order to allow a city board to update its policy to reflect current state law, a...
View ArticleMall redevelopment could cost $80 million, create close to 1,000 jobs
The project could include retail, hotel, office, and residential properties, and generate more than $2 million per year in new city and county sales tax revenues, consultant says Note: This story was...
View ArticleCounty committee to consider tax financing for Oak Ridge Mall redevelopment
The Anderson County Operations Committee will consider the tax financing plan for the $85 million redevelopment of the Oak Ridge Mall during a Monday evening meeting. The tax financing agreement could...
View ArticleOak Ridge City Council approves $13 million tax financing for mall redevelopment
The Oak Ridge City Council voted 6-0 on Monday to approve a $13 million proposal to use new property tax revenues to help redevelop the Oak Ridge Mall. There was one abstention. The near-unanimous...
View ArticleLetter: Mall nullification proposal would make TIF loan impossible to finance
Note: This Nov. 14 e-mail from an attorney representing mall redeveloper Crosland Southeast was written in response to a nullification proposal submitted by Oak Ridge City Council member Trina Baughn...
View ArticleAnderson Commission unanimously approves Oak Ridge Mall TIF, project goes to...
CLINTON—The Anderson County Commission on Monday unanimously approved a $13 million tax financing agreement that could be used to help the $85 million redevelopment of the mostly empty Oak Ridge Mall....
View ArticleState comptroller approves $13 million agreement for Oak Ridge Mall
The Tennessee Comptroller has approved a $13 million tax financing agreement that could be used for the $85 million redevelopment of the Oak Ridge Mall. The approval was announced in a Wednesday letter...
View ArticleAnderson committee to consider tax agreement for OR mall redevelopment
It’s already been approved by the Oak Ridge City Council, and a 10-year extension of the $13 million tax agreement that could be used to help redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall will next be...
View ArticleCounty Commission to consider OR mall TIF, District 4 appointment
The Anderson County Commission will consider extending the tax increment financing agreement for the former Oak Ridge Mall from 20 years to 30 on Monday morning. The Anderson County Operations...
View ArticleCounty Commission to consider District 4 appointment, OR mall TIF
The Anderson County Commission will consider extending the tax increment financing agreement for the former Oak Ridge Mall from 20 years to 30 on Monday morning. The Anderson County Operations...
View ArticleCouncil rejects revised plan for Main Street Oak Ridge
Note: This story was last updated at 1 a.m. The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday narrowly rejected a revised plan that would have allowed four national retailers to build stores at Main Street Oak...
View ArticleFour new stores at Main Street could generate more than $600,000 in tax...
The four new stores at Main Street Oak Ridge could create 150 jobs and generate more than $600,000 in sales and property tax revenues for Oak Ridge and Anderson County, according to calculations by the...
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