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MORTON – Not all the business news from COVID-19 pandemic-plagued 2020 was bleak.
The village of Morton received 3.8% more sales tax revenue from the state during 2020 than it did in 2019.
The exact figures, according to Village Administrator Julie Smick, were $4,436,796 in revenue in 2020 compared to $4,273,140 in 2019, an increase of $163,656. Other nearby communities, meanwhile, saw small dips in their revenue.
Business adaptability was key to keep revenue flowing
So how was this feat achieved? In large part because of never-say-die small business owners like Keely LeTourneau and Carol Davis. It s very simple. We wouldn t have survived if we stayed stagnant. We had to adapt, or fail, said LeTourneau, owner of Sucre Sweets and Socials at 321 S. First Ave.
MORTON – Jeff Kaufman and Candice Cain have signed on the dotted line.
Kaufman, the mayor of Morton, and Cain, president of Long Island-based Gemelli Films, have put their signatures on a contact approved Wednesday by the Morton Village Board that will mean the film company s Baking Up Love movie will be shot entirely in Morton.
Under terms of the contract approved Wednesday, Gemelli Films will receive a $75,000 tourism grant from Morton. But the village will receive a number of guarantees from the film company in return, including possible revenue.
In exchange for giving Gemelli Films the tourism grant, here is some of what the village will receive from the film company:
MORTON A Long Island-based film company is making a movie based in Morton.
Candice Cain and Nelson Smith, the movie s writer/director and director of photography, came to Morton this past weekend to shoot scenes around the village. Transition scenes, is how Cain described them.
Cain and Smith were so impressed with Morton s character and its people during their whirlwind three-day visit that instead of just a few scenes, the entire movie may be shot in the village starting next month. That s our goal. That s our intention, said Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman, who hopes to have a contract in place with Gemelli Films this week.
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