Incentives Watch Sunday, April 29, 2007 Here are the articles on incentives I came acropss last week. Iowa is asking whether incentives are still needed for biofuels. Does the industry still need financial assistance? The competition for film-making has been heating up for some time. Incentives are a part of the package luring productions out of Los Angeles. Other states lure big-budget films from L.A. Someone in Michigan might end up looking foolish. That's the flare set off by a columnist who questions whether incentives to a shaky firm make sense. Buying jobs, or buying trouble? A city and county in North Carolina have come together in an incentive deal for an unnamed manufacturer. Here's the backstory and the details in the package. City, county approve 'Project K' incentives during joint meeting and Davidson promised 181 jobs by unnamed company for $1.6 million in local incentives PACCAR Inc. makes Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. The firm has been searching the Southeast for sites to build a diesel engine factory. Mississippi hopes a $48 million incentive package will help the firm decide. Barbour applauds $48.4M in tax breaks for new employer The congtroversy over TIFs continues in Kansas City. New culture emerging on TIFs: Lack of due diligence and different sets of rules need attention 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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