Whoa......now I've received an email from Jessica Marshall basically standing by the use of the term "abatement";
Her email is quoted below and she included a link to a page on the city's web site:
Ray,
This is from the city's Web site about the downtown incentive program:
The Downtown Improvement Incentive Program is a 90% tax abatement program that is available for any type of new construction or building improvement that increases the value of a property in the defined Neighborhood Revitalization Area.
http://www.cityofshawnee.org/WEB/ShawneeCMS.nsf/vwContent/ImprovementIncentiveProgram?OpenDocument
The developer says it is one thing, the reporter says it is something else.
OK folks............here's my take.........Read the submitted documentation and decide for yourself which it is. Or, could it be both?
