Sioux Falls City Council OKs first hike of special downtown tax in three decades

Vote had been delayed after Raven Industries voiced concerns

Patrons of downtown Sioux Falls look at public art at the corner Phillips Avenue and 10th Street while Martin Dill, an ambassador with Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc., cleans a nearby mess. (File photo)

Raven Industries is no longer protesting a pending increase to a special tax assessment placed on property in downtown Sioux Falls.

Two weeks after an attorney representing the company voiced concerns over Downtown Sioux Falls Inc.’s desire to remove a 30-year-old cap on the amount a downtown property could pay into what’s known as the Main Street Business Improvement District, both the company and DTSF say a resolution has been reached.

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