North Carolina Petition for the movie industry

This is a petition to help keep the movie industry making shows and movies here in North Carolina.  Homeland, hunger Games, and Banshee are just a few.  And some have already said they will move to another state if the current terms change.  Keep in mind the film industry employees people, keep the town in the headlines, and you can audition as a stand in.  Now that something to tell your friends.

If you are interested, here is the petition below to sign, please do not feel obligated to sign.  But if you are interested, please add your name.  Lets here some comments below from some people who have been around a filming crew.

Working tradespeople in the filmed-entertainment community of North Carolina implore our State Representatives to maintain our current Film Incentive Program.

This 25% tax-rebate program has already created thousands of North Carolina jobs for actors, carpenters, casting directors, electricians, camera operators, grips, rigging technicians, location scouts, make-up and hair artists, drivers, advertising professionals, computer graphics artists and untold scores of additional skilled-labor positions in just a few years time.

In-state spend from visiting productions will be valued at over $1B before year five – with the vast majority of those dollars staying here in North Carolina – going to payroll and throughout the communities where productions take place. Local hotels, vehicle rental agencies, restaurants, catering businesses and myriad supporting industries are the direct beneficiaries of the cash windfall that accompanies each project.

Without incentives, productions quickly find other states that are more receptive to hosting the business. You must look no further than Michigan to see what happens when you cut Film Incentive Programs short before businesses become permanently established. Instead look to the most popular states for production away from Hollywood, like Louisiana and Georgia, who have both gone from less than $250M in their first years to nearly $10B in combined in-state spend in 2012.

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