McDonald’s, Family Dollar, and Dollar General have established themselves there, along with a bank and a recently opened laundromat. The industrial park near the highway has also seen significant growth. JAM Feeds, a family owned business started out of a garage, is a notable success story, “That was one of the first major sales in the industrial park,” Estabrook portrays. “They have people come from counties away to buy feed from them.” Basiloid Diversified Products, a metal fabrication company, is one of the biggest developments in the industrial park. “Owner Rob French bought the building and then came to us for what I believe is our first ever granted tax abatement,” details the mayor. “He doubled the size of that building, created 20/25 Restored coal mine wheel from local mine near Bicknell. 23 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 01 BICKNELL, IN
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