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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Community Benefit Agreements: An Equitable Tool for Innovation District Development

Community benefit agreements can help increase economic opportunity and equity in workforce and contracting activities, as well as develop practical strategies to address historic inequities.

Business incentives and entrepreneurship

A Kauffman Foundation research forum reviewed the latest findings on how well incentives work for entrepreneur-led economic development.

Incentives roundtable considers remote work policies

States are deciding how to address remote work in incentive performance agreements and whether to adjust incentive policies toward remote work.

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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.

Inclusive Economic Development and Recovery

Sept 23-24, 2021

This conference is being sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute/Economic Development Quarterly.

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