Priority review: Austin considering business subsidies that target local needs, resources

District 2 Council Member Vanessa Fuentes says the city’s economic development strategy should shift tax breaks and other incentives away from high-tech giants – such as Apple and Samsung that received millions of dollars in tax breaks to lure them to Austin – and instead use them to assist businesses that meet more local needs, such as adding a grocery store in the Del Valle area’s food desert.

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