by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
This post is part of an occasional series examining state and local incentive evaluation reports. Last month the Louisiana Legislative Auditor issued, “Tax Incentive Reporting. Follow-up on Agency Compliance with Act 191 of the 2013 Regular Session.” This report...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
The proposed state and local incentive package for Marriott as it plans to relocate its headquarters within Bethesda, Maryland, could be valued up to $62 million. The HQ relocation Marriott is already headquartered in Bethesda but wants to relocate from an office park...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
How do we know if state economic development incentive programs are working? A recent report from the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness with contributions from Smart Incentives strives to help states answer this question. In this article we highlight a few...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Successful economic development organizations do their homework before offering incentives. Our partners at Impact DataSource have prepared a useful guide for economic developers to follow when deciding whether a project is worthy of investment that complements our...
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