Incentives Watch Sunday, November 27, 2005 Here are the interesting articles I came across on incentives. The Missouri Department of Economic Development's Incentives Review Committee has issued a report on state and local incentives. Read more. Massachusetts has enacted legislation to create incentives for communities to adopt "smart growth" practices. Read more. The Supreme Court will hear the appeal from the Sixth Circuit's decision in Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler in January. Here's an overview. Read more. More people are starting to connect the dots. Company incentives can often come at the expense of budgets for educating people. Here's the controversy over TIF districts in Missouri. Read more. Philadelphia has been trying to encourage a regional approach to economic development, but incentives still play a big part in moving companies around in the region. Read more. North Carolina's aggressive incentive policy may not be serving the people of Western North Carolina very well. Read more. Minnesota and Georgia are in conversations with Ford over restructuring. Read about Minnesota. Read about Georgia. New York State is seeking to "claw back" some incentive money from Oneida, but the company is on the ropes. Read more. In New Jersey, Pfizer's tax deal is safe despite the fact that the company will close a plant. The incentives are not tied to any particular facility. 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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