Dallas city leaders on Wednesday agreed to nearly $6 million in tax breaks to lure a Tom Thumb grocery store to an underserved part of the city.
After years of trying to lure full-service grocery stores, the Dallas City Council Wednesday unanimously approved $5.8 million in grants and tax breaks to open a Tom Thumb store at theThe store site used to be parking lots at the former Southwest Center Mall on Camp Wisdom Road and Westmoreland Road near Interstate 20 and US 67.
“Where we can put all the amenities of Tom Thumb in there in a bright, vibrant development. That is why we chose this corner. That’s why now it works,” Jackson said. “It’s a lot of money to pay for a grocery store,” Council Member Cara Mendelsohn said. “I know we offered $3 million at one point and didn’t have any takers.”
“We need billions of dollars in the southern part of Dallas. I’ve spent a decade of my life trying to build the southern part of Dallas,” Atkins said.“We can’t necessarily talk about how much we’re spending now without talking about how much we didn’t spend in our past,” Bazaldua said. “This is about historical neglect. We didn’t get here by accident.
“Unless the incentive is given to create the comp, you can’t start that virtuous cycle,” Brodsky said.
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