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The Forsyth square was shut down on Friday for filming of a new series "Amazing Stories", Apple TV's reprisal of a 1980~ anthol-
ogy produced by Steven Spielberg. Dozens of crew and cast members descended upon the courthouse square for filming all day
mostly in the rain on Friday, complete with a new sign "Bradford Police" that was fastened on the courthouse during filming. Kris-
ten Richardson said it was very exciting to watch them film the scenes, and she was amazed how many people were employed
and how much time was used to film what she was told will be just two minutes of the show. "They were very respectful and low
key," =aid R;.I d=~,n. "1 was a Jilll= aud I dldn'l =~ u.yuuuy rUinOUS, r~tcnaruson =a0a mar a woman
and a little boy appeared
to be the main characters in the scenes filmed in Forsyfh, but said she understands that each show in the series will have inde-
pendent story lines and characters. She said they filmed an outside car scene and then a second scene of them walking out of the
courthouse. Richardson said she hopes the show returns to Forsyfh. The production company paid $6,500 to rent the courthouse
for the day, although the offices remained open during business hours. Apple has not yet announced a release date for its new
streaming service that will offer Apple TV.
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The new Five Below dis-
tribution warehouse under
construction in Smarr will
pay about $8 million in
county and school taxes
over the next 21 years after
tax breaks were approved
on Tuesday.
While counties normally
approve tax breaks before a
new industry begins work,
Five Below is already far
along in construction even
as it negotiated its tax deal
with the Monroe County
development authority.
Authority attorney Kevin
Brown told authority mem-
bers before they approved
the deal at their monthly
meeting on Tuesday that he
told Five Below up front it
would not get any breaks
on school taxes. School
taxes comprise the biggest
part of a property tax bill,
and Brown said original
estimates showed Five
Below would pay $6 mil-
lion in school taxes, about
$285,000 per year, over
the 21 years of the deal.
However, that estimate was
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made when Five Below
planned to build a $41
million facility, and now,
said Brown, they plan a
$60 million facility. So that
school tax bill will be even
higher. And if Five Below
follows through with a
planned second phase to
the warehouse, the value
would go as high as $120
million, meaning even
more property taxes to the
county and schools.
The authority did, how-
ever, discount county taxes
by about a third over the
21 years. For the next three
years, Five Below will pay
no county taxes before pay-
ing increasing percentages
each year. In all, Brown said
Five Below will pay about
$2 million in county taxes
over 21 years after getting
about $3 million in tax
breaks through 2039.
"They'll still pay a sig-
nificant amount of money,"
said Brown. "It's a good
deal."
In the deal, the authority
will actually own the tide
to the property and Five
Below will pay the author-
ity a lease payment in lieu
of property taxes.
The Monroe County tax
assessors are slated to vote
on the tax deal next Mon-
Nov. 19.
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