By Peter Biello
Wilmington, NC – Film incentives are on the city of Wilmington's list of expenses to cut to make up for the more than $3.6 million dollar budget shortfall.
The city uses film incentives to attract new movie and television productions. So far the $500,000 is expected to be frozen through June.
Wilmington Regional Film Commissioner Jonnie Griffin says the cut takes a tool out of their toolbox.
"It's always good to know that if you get into a pinch and one tool is no longer effective, that you have another one which may be better suited to accomplish that job. And so at this point it would take one of those tools away from us. But we'll adapt and use the tools we do have."
Griffin says it's been more than 4 years since he's dipped into Wilmington's $500,000 incentive.
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