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    Tyson evaluates chicken plant after officials’ move

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    By KMAN Staff on September 18, 2017 State News

    LEAVENWORTH —  A spokesman says Tyson Foods Inc. is evaluating its options after local official backed away from offering a key incentive for a planned chicken-processing plant in northeast Kansas.

    The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman said the company was disappointed in the Leavenworth County Commission’s decision Monday.

    The commission voted 2-1 to rescind a previous resolution in favor of issuing $500 million in industrial revenue bonds to help finance the project. The resolution would have made the project eligible for an 80 percent property-tax reduction.

    The commission’s vote came three days after a town hall meeting persuaded local legislators to oppose the project. From 2,000 to 3,000 people attended, and many objected to the project.

    The Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson has said the new plant would employ 1,600 workers.

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