by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Business Incentives Initiative is coalescing around a set of core themes to improve data, accountability and transparency in economic development incentive use. Launched in April 2014, the Business Incentives Initiative is designed to “improve...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Two Smart Incentives partners provide valuable resources to economic developers seeking guidance on how to finance redevelopment of brownfields in their communities. Brownfields are abandoned or underused sites with real or perceived environmental contamination....
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has proposed new requirements for disclosure of state and local tax abatements. The disclosures are intended to provide insight into how certain economic development incentives might diminish a community’s tax base....
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