Taylor: If hotel-motel tax funds FedExForum renovations, Memphis Tourism could receive new money
A bill is in the works allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax funding to cover the public financing gap for FedExForum’s renovations. (The Daily Memphian file)
State Sen. Brent Taylor told The Daily Memphian Monday morning that he is working on a bill allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax funding to cover the public financing gap for the Downtown Memphis arena’s renovations.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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