County Commission takes final vote on county real estate department
Shelby County Commissioner Britney Thornton (right) is sponsoring an ordinance to replace the Shelby County Land Bank with a county real estate department. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The commission also considers a study of wages paid by economic development projects that get property tax abatements as incentives at its Monday, Oct. 30, meeting.
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