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Tennessee wants to welcome Starbucks with millions of dollars
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Tennessee wants to welcome Starbucks with millions of dollars

The Seattle Times·6 months ago
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Starbucks stands to benefit from a $30 million grant that might be awarded by Tennessee for the coffee giant’s operational expansion into Nashville.

The Tennessee State Funding Board’s agenda for a meeting on May 20 includes an item tied to the Seattle-based coffee giant: the consideration and approval of a $30 million economic development grant.

The money is tied to the company’s decision to name Tennessee as the home of a new corporate operations office , which was announced in March. Over the next five years, it will host up to 2,000 employees, with an average salary of $125,000.

Starbucks has pledged $100 million in investments toward the Southern state. Its new office will sit in Davidson County. Tennessee already hosts major employers like Seattle-based Amazon, HCA Healthcare and Nissan North America.

Starbucks declined to comment Wednesday. The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Starbucks’ global headquarters is in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood.…

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