THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
ABOVE: Tilton heavily relies on sales tax from local businesses. (Jennifer Bailey/News-Gazette)
TILTON — Longtime County Market employee Maria Collins of Georgetown said what’s nice about Illinois 1 is how many businesses along the road work hand in hand.
For example, Mike’s Grill buys its meat at the Tilton County Market, and that’s also where Paw-A-Day Inn K9 Suites gets its dog snacks.
“They like to try to keep it in their own community,” Collins said. “Each business supporting the other business, so it’s nice.”
“What’s Route 1 mean to us? That’s our business district,” Mayor Billy Wear said. “We don’t assess a real-estate tax, so all the sales tax comes to the village.”
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