ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES
THAT WORK

Delivering

Sound Decisions

We help communities use economic development incentives to achieve their targeted development goals. Smart Incentives works with economic development organizations and investment promotion agencies to manage incentive programs that are both effective and responsible. Here’s how we do it:

Analyze

incentive offerings and program design

Apply

the Smart Incentives 4×4 framework for program management

Offer

access to high-quality business intelligence, data, and analytical methods to guide decisions

Improve

evaluations and reporting on program results

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Documenting COVID-related incentive program changes

Economic development organizations will eventually be asked to explain how and why they adapted incentive use in response to the COVID-19 downturn. What steps should they take now to prepare for accountability later?

Virginia promotes incentives for telework

Companies may now include telework positions held by Virginia residents to comply with their state incentive performance agreements.

Advance look at updates to the State Incentives Database

Improved search functions, addition of COVID-19 programs, and incentive updates are some of the improvements underway.

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Smart Incentives events are an excellent way to stay up to date on industry leading knowledge. They are also a great way to network. Check out our featured event. We would love to see you there.

Designing and Managing Business Incentive Compliance Programs

November 9, 10, 16, 17, 2020

Join us for a new eLearning workshop on best practices in incentive compliance design, monitoring, and management, offered with our partners at the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness.

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