Economic Development Incentives

Best Practice

Assessing Risk and Uncertainty in Economic Development Projects
Coordinating Economic Development and Capital Planning
Creation, Implementation, and Evaluation of Tax Increment Financing
Developing an Economic Development Incentive Policy
Evaluating and Managing Economic Development Incentives
Evaluating Data and Financial Assumptions in Development Proposals
Monitoring Economic Development Performance
Performance Criteria as a Part of Development Agreements
The Role of Master Plans in Capital Improvement Planning
The Role of the Finance Officer in Economic Development

Government Finance Review Articles

Anticipating the Black Swan
Building More Effective Delivery of Economic Development Projects
Considering Local Business Preference Policies in Bids and Purchases
Economic Development: One City's Response to Difficult Economic Times
Enhancing the Finance Officer's Role in Economic Development
Fostering Economic Vitality Amid A New Economic Reality: Douglas County, Nevada
Garfield County is Open for Business
Making Good Use of Economic Development Finance Tools
Once a Troubled Rust-Belt City, Duluth Turns Its Finances Around
Operation NoVacancy: Helps Spur Reinvestment in Distressed Commercial and Industrial Corridors
Overcoming Opposition to More Compact Development
Performance Managment for Economic Development
Reaction: The New Fiscal Role in Land-Use Planning
Spatialization of Revenue Structures
Sports Facilities and Economic Development
The Missing Metric
Thinking Differently About Development

Other Publications

An Elected Official's Guide: Economic Development
An Elected Official's Guide: Government Finance
An Elected Official's Guide: Tax Increment Financing

News

Arts Groups Help Rebuild Detroit
Innovation Districts Represent New Urban Model
Transportation Upgrades Linked to Economic Growth

Other Resources

Financial Policy Examples - Economic Development
Public Private Partnerships for Economic Development and Redevelopment