by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today’s post by guest blogger Joshua Hurwitz describes the new report on innovative and cost-effective incentives from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) . Economic developers seek effective tools to grow their community’s prosperity....
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
An interesting process played out this week in Chicago as Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a spending freeze and phase-out plan for seven tax increment finance (TIF) districts. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the move would free up $250 million from the TIF districts...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Impact models can help economic development organizations evaluate projects and make smart incentive decisions. Today’s guest blogger Paul Scheuren of Impact DataSource explains how these models can also help with incentive negotiations. Recently, Impact...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
We all want to know whether our incentive programs work well, but we often lack quality data to make that assessment. This post describes some basic sources for collecting data to help economic developers monitor compliance and determine effectiveness. Information...
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