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NEWS
Modi'in Illit and Nearby Communities to Set Up Joint
Industrial Park
By M. Green
The Modi'in Illit City Council unanimous approved an
agreement proposed by Mayor Rabbi Yaakov Guterman to set up a
joint industrial park with Modi'in District communities and
Shilat in the Shilat area near Modi'in Illit.
The project would make Modi'in Illit a 50-percent partner in
income generated through property taxes, government funding
and other levies. During a City Council meeting Rabbi
Guterman noted that in addition to the major achievement
economically, a pledge has been made to keep Shabbos and
kashrus in the commercial areas to be set up outside the
city, though the area is not under Modi'in Illit
jurisdiction, a move that could later lead to improved
Shabbos observance in the existing commercial zone at Shilat
Junction.
The Mayor's success in bringing in high-tech companies and
commercial services to boost employment for local women is
unexpectedly becoming a source of income for Modi'in Illit.
Mr. Shimon Sussan, council head of the Modi'in District, and
representatives of the Shilat residential community, who have
been unable to obtain commercial permits due to bureaucratic
problems in changing their zoning from agricultural land to
commercial land, asked Rabbi Guterman to help by using his
extensive connections.
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