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Iowa restaurant franchisees say rules on state aid are unfair Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:40 AM
Des Moines Register: Some franchise restaurant owners in Iowa are feeling left out after being turned down for a state relief fund while Iowa-based Pizza Ranch received $1.1 million. The Iowa Economic Development Authority blocked chain franchise restaurants from receiving the grant unless their franchiser was based in Iowa or was exceptionally small, with 20 or fewer total restaurants around the country. Restaurants also had to qualify as “full service.” Some Iowa owners of restaurant franchises said the rules were unfair. A state spokeswoman said state leaders created the restrictions to limit how many businesses qualified. Shrinking the pool of applicants allowed the state to spread more of the $40 million to each owner.
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A planned $20 million expansion of the CJ Bio America plant was endorsed by the Webster County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning.
The project will create about 25 new jobs.
The board unanimously approved a measure endorsing the company’s application for some state tax credits.
In the coming weeks, the board is also expected to approve an agreement with the company in which the county will rebate most of the increased property taxes it would pay over a 10-year period.
”We appreciate the fact that they decided to invest here in Webster County,” Supervisor Mark Campbell said Tuesday evening. ”They have plants all over the world and they decided to invest here. It’s absolutely incredible.”
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