By Bernard Schoenburg, June 23, 2012
A year after the Scheels sporting good store became the first business to open in a special business area on Springfield’s south side, extra sales tax revenue designed to pay off infrastructure improvements has been accumulating as planned, a Springfield official says.
The Springfield City Council voted in early 2008 to create the South Central Business District, a 450-acre area that includes the Scheels site and other property near the new MacArthur Boulevard interchange off Interstate 72. An extra 1 percent sales tax is charged on purchases in the district.