Incentive Watch Sunday, January 29, 2006 Here are articles on incentives I came across last week. Long a critic of incentives, the Corporation for Enterprise Development issued its annual "Development Report Card for the States". The report card tries to move policymakers from a low cost strategy of development to a more balanced view of a state's economic climate. Read more. You can view your state's scores from this page. Kentucky governor Fletcher has introduced legislation to provide state funding the match Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards. Read more. Here's an interesting article on how officials in McAllen, TX are trying to get the next Kia plant. Read more. Warren Buffet's Acme Brick got a big tax deal, and that set off a columnist in Ft. Worth. According to the columnist: "Acme will spend $16 million, including buying the land, on its improvements. There's no cap on the rebate, so if brick sales in Texas climb 5 percent a year, Acme will get back more than $64 million by the time this deal expires." Read more. Nevada continues to try to entice companies out of California. Read more. The president North Carolina Economic Developers Association argues why incentives are important. Read more. Someone could write a book on growing incentives for the film industry. Here are two articles this week. One from South Carolina, one from Idaho. and one from Connecticut 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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