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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Three ways leaders are making incentives work better for communities

Business incentives are usually a prickly topic, but this year there truly are some positive developments to report.

Regional guide shares concepts to strengthen local incentive practices

A new guidebook offers principles and strategies to achieve better outcomes by improving development incentive use in the Chicago region.

What makes incentives effective

Four lessons learned on using incentives to achieve economic development objectives

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Featured event

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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