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MegadealsSubsidy Tracker Individual Entry
Company: Freightquote
Parent Company:
C.H. Robinson
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Missouri
City: Kansas City
Project Description: corporate headquarters interstate relocation
Year: 2012
Major Industry of Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Parent: freight services
Subsidy Value: $64,300,000
Program Name: multiple
Awarding Agency: multiple
Type of Subsidy:
MEGADEAL (Archived)
Number of Jobs or Training Slots: 1,225
Source of Data: The value of the subsidy package and the number of jobs being transferred came from: Kevin Collison, "Freighquote Jumping the Metro Border from Lenexa to KC," Kansas City Star, August 3, 2012.
Notes: The package--which was used to get the company to move 15 miles from Lenexa, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri--consisted of $33.2 million in state subsidies ($26.2 million in Quality Jobs tax credits and $7 million from the Missouri BUILD Program) and $31.1 million in local subsidies (a 23-year, 100 percent property tax abatement valued at $20 million and an $11.1 million tax increment financing payment). Overlap with main Subsidy Tracker data: none.
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