LaGrange Town Council Approves Two Tax Abatements
The LaGrange Town Council granted tax abatements to two LaGrange County businesses on Monday. ATJ Real Estate Holding received a five-year abatement for a $275,000 for a building addition. Lake Area Designs was given a five-year personal property abatement for $498,294 for equipment. Steve Christner of Lake Area Designs, which does custom woodworking and design, said he planned to purchase an optimizing cut-off saw and optimizing rig saw to ease operations in the shop and allow the company to grow. Through the process, it plans to add five new employees. A tax abatement provides a property tax break to a [...]
Planting a Seed
John Larimer, his wife Sherrie and their employees at Partners Brand Seed, Howe, joined members of the LaGrange County Chamber in a ribbon cutting at a new 80-by-254-foot warehouse at 5334 N. 475E on Tuesday afternoon. The Larimers have been in business 13 years in cooperation with Lord’s Seed, taking locally produced seed corn and selling it on the retail market throughout the Midwest.Read the rest of the article at The LaGrange News & Standard.