$113,000,000: We have the plan. We have the cost. Now how do we get the money?

Posted: August 20, 2011 - 9:22pm
BY KAREN SMITH WELCH

karen.welch@amarillo.com

Amarillo officials for decades have sought vehicles to restore the city’s withering core, grow the property tax base and increase sales tax revenues. Now comes a moment of truth.

City commissioners are scheduled Tuesday to decide whether to proceed with a $113-million downtown redevelopment project that backers said could begin to accomplish those tasks simultaneously.

The vote will be another “go, no-goâ€