Sales tax program helped bring spec development to county

Pasco County used Penny for Pasco funds to entice developers to build in the fast growing county and help recruit new and targeted industries.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 9:00 a.m. November 25, 2022
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54 Crossings, a 120,000-square-foot office development that is one of several spec projects in the county using loans from money generated from Penny for Pasco. It broke ground in 2021. (Courtesy photo)
54 Crossings, a 120,000-square-foot office development that is one of several spec projects in the county using loans from money generated from Penny for Pasco. It broke ground in 2021. (Courtesy photo)
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While much of the nation was riveted Election Day by coverage of who would win control of the U.S. Congress, Pasco County voters quietly, and overwhelmingly, approved a penny surtax for the third time.

 

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