San Marcos approves tax breaks to lure more grocery stores

San Marcos leaders hope that offering tax breaks will attract grocery stores, the dearth of which in their city, they say, has become a major concern among residents. The City Council on May 7 unanimously approved a resolution outlining potential property and sales tax abatements for grocery stores, as elected officials said constituents are clamoring for more options. “It’s one of the number one issues we hear from everybody,” Council Member Mark Gleason said.

has stores in Texas cities big and small — so why isn’t the company in El Paso? The goal is “to encourage that kind of development by making this investment more attractive and to speed up that timeline for construction,” said Christian Smith, the city’s economic and business development manager. San Marcos has two H-E-B stores, two Target stores, one Walmart Supercenter, one Sam’s Club warehouse and one Poco Loco Supermercado, as well as two Dollar Tree stores and four Dollar General locations.

’s new Fair Oaks store is open. It’s a bit different from most new stores. In 2015, the New Braunfels City Council approved an $800,000 grant and a five-year partial sales tax rebate of up to $700,000 for an H-E-B store at the intersection of FM 306 and I-35. The company was required to spend money on drainage and road improvements and to have 108 full-time employees at the store by the end of 2021. In Cibolo, in 2021, H-E-B received a 10-year property tax rebate of up to $1 million and $1.

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