Tax phase-in for Escalade Sports
Summary
Escalade Sports wants a nine-year property tax phase-in to rehab its century-old Maxwell Avenue plant — about $9 million in work that keeps 155 jobs and adds 17. The company told council it wouldn't make the investment without the break.
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Last discussed Jul 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly a 50% property tax deduction on qualifying new investment for nine years, in exchange for 172 jobs staying or coming to Evansville.
Escalade Sports and its 155-plus employees, plus the Jacobsville neighborhood that keeps a century-old employer.
Taxpayers forego some property tax revenue during the phase-in period.
Mentions & discussions (2)
City Council Meeting - Jul 27, 2026
Escalade Sports wants a property tax phase-in for rehabilitating its building and installing new equipment at 817 Maxwell Avenue as an Economic Revitalization Area.
City Council Meeting - Jul 13, 2026
Escalade Sports wants a nine-year property tax phase-in to rehab its century-old Maxwell Avenue plant — about $9 million in work that keeps 155 jobs and adds 17. The company told council it wouldn't make the investment without the break.
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