The Arlington County Board approved a $23 million incentives package for Amazon's HQ2 on Saturday.
It's in addition to the larger incentive offering of $550 million being offered by the state of Virginia.
The board meeting was contentious, with protesters interrupting so often that the meeting was forced to adjourn and reconvene twice.The Arlington County Boardduring a six-hour hearing on Saturday, it said in a press release. Amazon representatives were in attendance and were asked questions by more than 100 local residents alongside the board.
The tax incentive is directly related to Amazon's plan to build a second headquarters, known as HQ2, in Arlington County and will be fueled by a higher tax on hotel rooms in the area. Amazon plans to use the tax revenue for"office development and infrastructure investments," Holly Sullivan, Amazon's head of worldwide economic development, said at the meeting. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment further to Business Insider.
Though the vote among the five-member board was unanimous, the atmosphere in the room was reportedly anything but. Amazon HQ2 supporters and detractors clashed, with protesters yelling and twice forcing the meeting to adjourn and reconvene,
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