Hopes Pinned On Outdoor Superstore
21 January 2003 - 10:00am
Does $27 million in public subsidy for a superstore make for good economic development policy?
The Cabela's Inc. superstore will get $27 million in public funding in an effort to draw other businesses. It's part outdoorsmen superstore and part taxidermic wonderland: The state hopes a huge Cabelas store opening this fall--nearly half of its $58.8 million cost subsidized with state and local tax dollars--will help revive one of the state's most economically depressed areas.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 19, 2003
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