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Beacon Rock State Park in the Columbia River Gorge is likely to be at risk if the Discover Pass or some other financing method for state parks is not approved by the Legislature this year. ---
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The County Commission gave final approval Monday to a multi-use private development near the University of Memphis - and a controversial method used to fund the project. The $63.5 million redevelopment by Poag & McEwen would renovate two blocks on Highland south of Central and add more than 200 apartments and townhomes, plus retail space.
Columbia Public Schools has had mixed responses to tax increment financing proposals, Superintendent Chris Belcher said. TIF is a public financing method used to subsidize community improvement projects. Columbia has approved three TIF proposals for individual properties since 2009.
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the National Crowdfunding Association, (NLCFA) www.NLCFA.org, announced the launch of the world's first Affinity Group Crowdfunding initiative, a nationwide campaign to bring the tools of crowdfunding to every affinity group in America. "Across America there are tens of thousands of affinity groups that come together around common cultures, interests and issues," said David Marlett, Executive Director of the NLCFA. "These range from vegetarian associations to hunt clubs, from Eskimo pole carvers to Jamaican hemp growers, from prenatal nursing groups to associations of undertakers, from grape canners to peanut growers, from Lutheran men's groups to Buddhist women's associations. This nation truly has it all, and every single group can use cro...
In another round of discussion on creating tax increment financing districts, City Manager Mike Matthes this week gave Boone County officials an overview of the city's possible plans. TIF is a public financing method used to subsidize community improvement projects. The idea is to use TIF as a redevelopment tool, Matthes said at a meeting Thursday with members of the Boone County Commission.
The Public Policy Forum used the word "triage" in its report on the Milwaukee County Transit System. Medically, it means prioritizing patient care on the basis of what is most urgent. It's the perfect word. Given the desperate straits of the transit system, a triage approach using, among other things, a $10 countywide vehicle registration fee, makes sense to keep the system from deteriorating further until local officials can agree on long- term financing. Considering how elusive that's been, triage is the only alternative.
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