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Wal-Mart To Build Distribution Center in Cleveland County, N.C.

The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC )

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Apr. 4--SHELBY, N.C.--Wal-Mart will build a massive distribution center in Cleveland County, providing an economic boon for a county that's seen 900 jobs dry up in the past 18 months.

Cleveland County commissioners and the Shelby City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a $2.1 million incentive plan to entice the company to move there with its 500 new jobs.

The county will buy 58 acres and transfer them to Wal-Mart. In turn, Wal-Mart will spend $50 million on 300 additional acres, buildings and equipment.

Shelby and Cleveland County would split the cost of the land and extending water and sewer lines to the property, each paying an…

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