by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two midwestern cities recently released reports examining their economic development incentives. These studies each had different objectives, one with a project orientation and the other with a strategic focus. Both are publicly accessible and are worth checking out...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week’s inaugural Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) Intro Incentives webcourse was a success. I had the pleasure of serving as course advisor and working with CDFA to design a program to take participants through the fundamentals of incentive program...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
On the heels of its recent brief on Better Incentive Information, the Pew Charitable Trusts released a research collection related to economic development tax incentives best practices. The collection includes a variety of issue briefs, reports and fact sheets. Check...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Incentive use has grown dramatically and become a more prominent – and challenging – part of economic development work. Today’s environment requires better analytics to reduce risk, quantify benefits, refine strategies, explain and build support for...
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