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		<title>Enterprise Zones, Winners/ Losers: Cecil County Council Falters, Ponders, Reverses Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Which retirement account investment option would you prefer: 100% of $100,000 or 70% of $1 million? Seems like a no-brainer: $100,000 or $700,000 in your later-years pocket. But it took a while for the fiscal lightbulbs to be turned on at a Cecil County Council worksession on Tuesday (10/15/2019), after Councilor George Patchell and the county’s economic development director flipped the light switch. As a result, Councilor Jackie Gregory (R-5) lost a vote to challenge individual projects proposed for inclusion in “enterprise zone” economic development plans, and some of her initial supporters on the panel changed course. By the end of the day, Gregory acknowledged the obvious and supported approval of the enterprise zone list at an evening Council legislative meeting. At issue was legislation to designate five properties to be included on an application to the state of Maryland for possible designation as “enterprise zones,” which provide temporary property tax abatements for land on which new economic development projects are developed. Fundamentally, the zones give temporary property tax breaks at the state and county level during the first 10 years of a project, while greatly increasing the taxable value of the land due to the new development [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Wants 20 Properties Added to Enterprise Zones for Econ Development; Council Frets Over Elkton Southside Project</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/09/cecil-county-wants-20-properties-added-to-enterprise-zones-for-econ-development-council-frets-over-elkton-southside-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 23:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Economic Development officials are asking the County Council to approve a list of 20 properties to be added to Enterprise Zones, which receive property tax breaks and other incentives to promote new business opportunities. But some County Council members worried that citizen objections to the proposed mixed-use Southside/Southfields development should be addressed first. Sandra Edwards, county economic development manager, told the County Council on Tuesday (9/2/2019) that the new roster of properties proposed for addition to the Enterprise Zone list is facing a 10/15/2019 deadline for submission to the state and for that reason the County Council is being asked to grant “expedited” status to the request, holding a public hearing on 10/1/2019 and a vote on the legislation the same night. That didn’t sit well with Council President Bob Meffley (R-1), who said, “My phone’s been blowing up” with citizen objections to the Southside project, a mixed use development including industrial, retail and residential components on a 650-acre tract, between Pulaski Highway/Route 40 and Frenchtown Road, within the town limits of Elkton. The $700 million project is expected to include a sports park, about 1,000 single family homes and apartments, and 250 acres set aside for industrial [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Biz: McCarthy Creates New Department for One-Stop Shopping for County Permits for Efficiency, Lower Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy announced Tuesday (3/28/2017) that he is creating a new “Department of Land use and Development Services” to place under one roof permit applications and reviews for new business and development projects to streamline functions that are currently divided among three county agencies. The expedited process, including online applications for and tracking of permit review status, would also apply to residents seeking permits for renovations or improvements for their homes. Members of the County Council were briefed on the proposal during a closed-door session Tuesday morning and a formal announcement of the plan was issued a few hours later by McCarthy’s administration. In a statement, McCarthy said a new “Department of Land Use and Development Services” would consolidate certain “services provided by Planning and Zoning, Permits and Inspections and the plans review function of the Department of Public Works.” The change would keep current staff members involved in permit reviews in those agencies, but have them work together in a single entity to enhance collaboration and speed up the review process. “This reorganization will result in greater efficiency with the plans review and permitting processes by bringing all employees that administer this function together in one [&#8230;]]]></description>
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