Firm pays back county on failed incentives

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:01 p.m. August 24, 2016
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Five years after Sarasota County paid out economic incentives to Tube Dude, the company behind smiling colorful sculptures on front lawns and mailboxes in and around downtown Sarasota has repaid the amount in full.

 

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