Incentive Watch Sunday, May 29, 2005 The Mississippi legislature is stioll grappling with its Momentum Mississippi package of economic development reforms. Read more. The Nebraska legislature has passed a new package of economic development incentives. Read more. The governor in Maryland has vetoed the "Wal-Mart bill". The legislations would have required employers of 10,000 or more to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health care or pay the difference directly to the state. Read more. The city of is offering an innovative incentive program that illustrates the shift of targeting invcentives from companies to people. Read more. Ohio's congressional delegation is trying to pass legislation to establish a state's right to pass incentives for job creation and economic development. Last week, a hearing took place on the legislation. The legislation effectively reverses a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year that declared Ohio tax breaks for a DaimlerChrysler plant in Toledo violated the constitution's clause on interstate commerce. Read more. Read the testimony of Ohio's State Development Director here. A representative from Airbus came up with a remarkable statement last week. Airbus is conducting a highly public search for a tanker site because "you want to make sure that everybody thinks it's fair...[W]e did not want it to appear as if we cut some deal." (Nonsense...the Boeing Dreamliner project taught an important lesson. The more public you make the searchprocess, the bigger the deal is likely to be.) Read more. Michigan's top EDpro is worried that, with the uptick in business activity, the state may run out of incentive tax credits. Read more. posted by Ed Morrison |		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. links Some Background on EDPro Weblog The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it. One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information. So, spread the word...Share the knowledge. Tell a friend about EDPro Weblog. If you are using a news reader, here is the link to syndicate this site: Here's the link if you are a bloglines subscriber: Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking. Background on Ed Morrison Download some background information on me here.

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