County Halts Tax Incentive Request

The Morning Call reports (read it here) that the request to provide reduced tax to developers in Lower Nazareth at route 33 and 248 has effectively ended with Council's 5-4 vote against it.

In opposition to the TIF:

Councilman J. Michael Dowd said the financing districts should be reserved for projects that would not otherwise succeed, in most cases in cities and boroughs.

The proposed land development was the retail shopping center that might be anchored by a Target store.