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FOLEY, Ala. (WPMI) The city sales tax in is setting a record. Foley earned more than a million dollars in one month and it could grow.The summer has been especially profitable at shopping stores like the Tanger Outlets. July's sales tax revenue came in at more than $1.2 million.We are being proactive we are not just sitting back hoping business will come to us. Yeah this is a trend that will continue, said Foley Mayor John Koniar, who sees the bigger picture.He says expansion of the Beach Expressway, the ground breaking of a future theme park Blue Collar Country and the city's Farm and Seafood Market Place, which is now under construction, will add to the new summer spending trend.July's sales tax record was slightly over a previous sales tax record set in July of 2006. Retailers say the recent summer rains may actually have driven people to go shopping in Foley.It rains and the tourists can't stay on the beaches. They usually look for places to go and this is one of those main hot spots for them, said Tom Knighten with the Tanger Outlet Mall, the largest retailer in Foley.The mall now sits adjacent to all the new development the city is counting on.Baldwin County could use a shot in the arm as far as a theme park goes. So yes, Tanger is very optimistic about this, said Knighten.City officials say that shot in the arm has come at a cost to a community that suffered after the 2010 oil spill. The mayor says he sees the brighter side, a silver lining.You know candidly BP has been a love hate but BP has brought a lot of people down here with their national advertising campaign making people aware of the Alabama beaches, the Florida beaches, Louisiana, etc. They are paying their dues on that regard, said Koniar.