Switch, school districts clash over tax breaks

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — When a big, high-tech business was eyeing Kent County for a new location, tax breaks offered by local and state government helped seal the deal. Now the nature of one part of that deal is raising questions.

Michigan’s Economic Development Corporation made a deal with Switch, a Nevada-based data center operator, to move into the old Steelcase pyramid near the intersection of 60th Street and East Paris Avenue SE in Gaines Township. The deal included greatly reducing the company’s tax burden, which took an act of the state Legislature in 2015.

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