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MegadealsSubsidy Tracker Individual Entry
Company: Polaris
Parent Company:
Polaris Industries
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Alabama
City: Huntsville
County: Limestone
Project Description: manufacturing facility for all-terrain vehicles along with a warehouse and R&D center
Year: 2015
Major Industry of Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Parent: recreational vehicles
Subsidy Value: $79,500,000
Program Name: multiple
Awarding Agency: multiple
Type of Subsidy:
MEGADEAL (Archived)
Number of Jobs or Training Slots: 1,700
Wage Data: $18
Wage Data Type: minimum average wage
Capital Investment: $142,000,000
Source of Data: Subsidy information is based on two sources: Steve Doyle, "Industrial incentives valued at nearly $80M helped Huntsville land Polaris," AL.com, January 9, 2015; on-line at:
(click here) and Steve Doyle, "Huntsville signs development deal with Polaris," AL.com, January 22, 2015; online at:
(click here). The job, wage, and investment data as well as the Huntsville's subsidy amount are based on the second source.
Notes: The subsidy package includes $31 million in cash from the state that will reimburse the company for the plant construction costs and $20 million also from the state in customized pre-employment screening and a workforce training program. In addition, the state and local governments will abate about $9.5 million in non-education sales and property taxes over ten years. The county will pay up to $1 million for Polaris's temporary office and training spaces. The city's $18 million portion of the package includes: $14.6 million in land that the city will purchase and deed to the company; sales and property tax breaks; $800,000 in fee waivers; and expedited work on Greenbrier Parkway. The jobs figure is the total number of jobs the company promised to create: 400 FTEs by 2016, 935 by 2017, and 1,700 by 2021. Overlaps with main Subsidy Tracker data: none.
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