'Blighted' Esquire a 'textbook' case for TIF, Mehner says at meeting

Friday, May 25, 2018 ~ Updated 10:14 PM

A proposal to renovate the vacant Esquire Theater in Cape Girardeau for use as a concert and event venue offers a "textbook example" of the type of project that warrants tax-increment financing, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce president John Mehner said Thursday.

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