Wal-Mart Subsidies in Baraboo, WI
Store Details
| City | Baraboo |
| State | WI |
| Address | 920 Hwy 12 |
| ZIP code | 53913 |
| County | Sauk |
| Type of Facility | Supercenter |
| Year Opened | 2001 |
| Value of Subsidies | $2.2 million |
Narrative
Wal-Mart benefited from infrastructure improvements made in a tax increment financing district that also included a Slumberland distribution center. We assume that half the $4.4 million total went to each facility. A report by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin (http://www.1kfriends.org/Publications/Online_Documents/TIF.htm) noted that the construction of the Supercenter was contentious both because it replaced a discount store within the city and because the "blighted" TIF district in which it was built had consisted of a cornfield and an apple orchard.
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