New paths for Legacy Cities
02.13.2012
Mayors, researchers, planners, policy makers and foundation leaders gathered at the Lincoln Institute last week for a framing workshop on the future of Legacy Cities, such as Detroit, Flint, Youngstown, and Scranton, in an effort to develop tools and strategies to take advantage of the housing and infrastructure in these stressed municipalities. One proposal: establishing the equivalent of the International Monetary Fund for Rust Belt cities hit hard by population loss, vacant land, and disappearing manufacturing jobs.
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Getting the property tax right
02.07.2012
A new book, A Tale of Two Taxes: Property Tax Reform in Ontario, by Richard M. Bird, Enid Slack, and Almos Tassonyi, examines reform efforts in the Canadian province of Ontario, where leaders sought to improve a system to help resolve local government finance problems. While such reforms are possible, the authors say, the efforts require very careful design in taxing housing versus business property, and sustained follow-up in implementation.
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"Dream Team' in Bogota
02.02.2012
A delegation led by Martim Smolka, director of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, traveled to Bogota late last month to provide expert advice on land policy for the new city administration. The new secretary of planning, Maria Mercedes Maldonado, has had a long association with the Lincoln Institute. The visit was noted in the newspaper El Espectador, with the headline: "Petro (the new mayor) assembles a 'dream team' of experts."
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