Land Lines Janeiro 2006
Tax Increment Financing
A Tool for Local Economic Development
Tax increment financing (TIF) is an alluring tool that allows municipalities to promote economic development by earmarking property tax revenue from increases in assessed values within a designated TIF district.
Learning to Think and Act Like a Region
The Pawcatuck Borderlands illustrates what is fast becoming one of the major puzzles in land use policy—how to plan across boundaries.
This issue looks at the need for regionalistic approaches to planning in New England and elsewhere in the U.S.; the goals and challenges of using territorial and multipurpose cadastres; and how tax increment financing can serve as a tool for local economic development in North America.