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Company: Volkswagen
Parent Company: Volkswagen
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Tennessee
City: Chattanooga
County: Hamilton
Project Description: expansion of a car manufacturing plant and creation of a R&D center
Year: 2014
Major Industry of Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Parent: motor vehicles
Subsidy Value: $263,300,000
Program Name: Multiple
Awarding Agency: Multiple
Type of Subsidy: 
Number of Jobs or Training Slots: 2,000
Capital Investment: $600,000,000
Source of Data: Elements of the subsidy package as well as job and investment data were taken from: Louie Brogdon and Dave Flessner, "Chattanooga, Hamilton County may dip into reserves to cover Volkswagen incentives," Times Free Press, July 17, 2014; available online at (click here). Memorandum of Understanding between VW and localities is also available on the newspaper website at: (click here)
Notes: The $263.3 million subsidy package for an expansion of a production line and a creation an R&D research center in Chattanooga included state and local subsidies: $165.8 million grant from the state for site preparation, plant construction and equipment; $52.5 million grant from the city and the county, split evenly, for the site construction and equipment (VW will pay $2.5 million in economic development fees over 10 years to the city and the county); $33 million in property tax abatements over 10 years (VW will pay school taxes); and a $12 million state grant for job training. We did not include in our total the $9 million in federal aid from the Tennessee Valley Authority. VW waived its rights to statutory state tax subsidies. Overlaps with main Subsidy Tracker data: none.
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