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Originally Posted by Always Sunny in SLC
http://https://www.sltrib.com/news/2...ders-may-have/
Bummer about Ken Sanders.
“Great cities aren’t created by chain restaurants and retailers and cookie-cutter shops and services,” Sanders said. “The unique, indigenous businesses that come out of nowhere are what make great cities interesting in terms of art and culture, and I think bookstores are part of that fabric.”
He took aim at city and state economic-development policies for doling out millions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives to online retail giants such as Amazon and eBay to entice them to locate offices and jobs in Utah.
“Why isn’t there a collateral fund to be split among local homegrown businesses?” the bookseller asked.
“I’m not trying to say I get $5 million, OK?" Sanders continued. "But what about $500,000 or $50,000 or $5,000? And I don’t mean this just for me. I mean this for all local, homegrown businesses.”
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There are a number of programs. The most prominent of which is the Economic Development Loan Fund. Last count I think it had a hand in 40 restaurants and bars. And who knows what else. Part of the battle is getting the word out and letting people know what incentives are there. The EDLF is probably the most progressive City loan program I've seen in the entire country.