(KGNS) - Laredo City Council voted on Oct. 19 to create a new tax incentive plan intended to bring more grocery stores, clinics, and other small businesses to parts of the city that have seen residential growth but few new businesses.

Council members said South Laredo is growing quickly with new neighborhoods, but daily essentials have not kept up.

Plan directs staff to draft incentivesThe plan directs the city manager and the new economic development director to draft incentives for grocery stores, bookstores, medical clinics, and other small businesses.