Sunday, January 01, 2006
Here are some of the articles on incentives that I came across during the holidays.
Folks in the nrothern and southern regions of Indiana are finding out that most of the state's incentives land in the central part of the state. Read more here and here.
Virginia's economic development officials are trying to exercise "claw back" provisions of incentive deals that did nto work out. Read more.
EDPros in Draper, UT (outside Salt Lake City) want to provide incentives for an IKEA store, and this article indicates that the Draper incentive package is in line with what other communities have offered IKEA. Read more.
Minesota's JOBZ program review. (It's an enterprise zone porgram.) Read more. You can download an analysis of the program by the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Download the report.
Buffalo debates whether it makes sense to provide incentives to developers for building "spec" buildings in a soft market. They may simply provide reasons for firms to move around inside the region. Read more.
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