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Other businesses, large and small, in Fond du Lac County are also struggling. Why are we only helping Mercury Marine?

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Other businesses, large and small, in Fond du Lac County are also struggling. Why are we only helping Mercury Marine?

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While the magnitude of the impact that Mercury Marine has on our community justified the size of the incentive package, the tools being utilized, the programs tapped into and the expertise utilized to put the package together are similar and in some cases identical to those previously used for other Fond du Lac County businesses. Fond du Lac County’s revolving loan fund, for example, at the end of 2008 had a portfolio of $3.6 million. In 2008 alone, $1,592,500 was approved in loans to local businesses from this one fund alone. Existing business development services are available to any business in Fond du Lac County through Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation.