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Jan 14, 2025 · Context

Council approves up to $900,000 AEDC incentive for AAA Cooper and a 3.61-acre AEDC land sale, 5-0

The council voted 5-0 on an AEDC location incentive agreement with AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc., a trucking company planning a regional hub: $15,000 per job paid over 10 years, up to $900,000, with 60 new employees projected. It also voted 5-0 to let the AEDC sell about 3.61 acres on Benchmark Street in the Centerport Business Park to Slide Mountain Properties LLC for $162,450 plus closing costs.^[1]^[2]

Cole Stanley Josh Craft Don Tipps Tom Scherlen Les Simpson Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc.Slide Mountain Properties LLC

What the sources say

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Don Tipps moved and Les Simpson seconded item 9.D, the AAA Cooper Transportation agreement: $15,000 per job created, paid over 10 years, up to $900,000, with 60 new employees projected. It passed 5-0. The memo says AAA Cooper is a division of Knight Transportation and was planning a regional hub; the AEDC board approved the agreement 5-0 on December 2, 2024.^[1]^[2]
Incentive
$900,000
Projected jobs
60
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Les Simpson moved and Don Tipps seconded item 9.E, authorizing the AEDC to sell about 3.61 acres on Benchmark Street in the Centerport Business Park to Slide Mountain Properties LLC for $162,450.00 plus closing and related costs; it passed 5-0. The AEDC's FY2024 audit describes the same 3.61-acre, $162,450 sale as an agreement with Pacific Cheese, and the AEDC's 2025 annual report says the land was sold to Pacific Cheese for a possible expansion of its Amarillo plant.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Acres
3.61
Price
$162,450
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The temporary AEDC board approved both items unanimously on December 2, 2024: the AAA Cooper agreement ($15,000 per job for up to 60 jobs over 10 years, up to $900,000) and the sale of about 3.61 acres at 1993 Benchmark Street in Centerport Business Park to Pacific Cheese for $162,450 plus closing costs.^[5]
Incentive
$900,000
Sale price
$162,450

Sources

1.City Council minutes, regular meeting of January 14, 2025 — City of Amarillo, Jan 14, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredFrom the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Consent item 8.H.
2.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Packet, 2025-01-14 — City of Amarillo, Jan 14, 2025 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date (republished packet). Item 9.F: Resolution No. 01-14-25-2 and the draft Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (packet pp. 152-161).
3.Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Financial Statements (audit), September 30, 2024 and 2023 — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Mar 17, 2025 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned file read with OCR; issued March 17, 2025. Note 16 on Asset Protection Unit: "$970,000 of incentives have lapsed"; on Jax Transport: "$240,000 of funds have been expended on this commitment, leaving a remaining commitment of $3,060,000". Note 20: "AEDC approved a purchase sale agreement with Pacific Cheese for approximately 3.61 acres".
4.Amarillo EDC 2025 Annual Report (2025 projects) — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Apr 14, 2026 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredStance: favorable"published" is the upload date. AAA Cooper Transportation "is constructing a new facility on 10 acres along East I-40, in TIRZ 2"; "the Amarillo EDC sold 3.61 acres in CenterPort Business Park to Pacific Cheese for $162,450".
5.Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors minutes, December 2, 2024 — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), Jan 7, 2025 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes (OCR); figures checked against the page images. 'published' is the date the board approved these minutes, as recorded in the minutes of that later meeting.