Incentives Watch Sunday, April 16, 2006 Here are the week's articles on incentives I came across: Utah's governor wants to bring more openness to the state's use of incentives. Read more. Even so, the State Records Commission voted 5-1 against disclosure. Read more. It's an all too common story: Government provides an incentive based on some job projections. The company misses the projections. Here's a case from Michigan. It's inherent in the nature of the incentive. Tax expenditures are very difficult to track. Read more. Even so, legislation proposed in the legislature would enable all local governments in Michigan to offer tax incentives. (Currently, the authority is limited to about 100 cities for blighted areas.) Read more. At the same time, Michigan's conservative Mackinac Center continues to argue against incentives. Read more. Here's an article from Connecticut on companies failing to meet job goals. Read more. CertainTeed selected Indiana for a new manufacturing facility. Here are the incentive details. Read more. Kentucky's long-standing policy against offering incentives to retail businesses withstood a recent proposal to provide incentives to Cabela's. The proposed tax break would have allowed allowed Cabela's to recoup 25 percent of the cost to construct, equip and furnish a store about six miles from the Tennessee border. 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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