Ron Norick eventually figured out that the secret to economic development wasn't incentivizing companies up front, it was about creating a place where businesses wanted to locate, and so he pushed an initiative called MAPS that basically was a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax to build a bunch of stuff.
Ron Norick fant til slutt ut at hemmeligheten til økonomisk vekst var ikke å oppfordre bedrifter, men det handlet om å lage et sted hvor forretningsmenn ønsket å være derfor jobbet han for et initiativ kalt MAPS som var en penny-på-dollaren salgsskatt for å bygge masse greier.