Cash crop: Tennessee farmland protection law shelters taxes for rich and famous

The Commercial Appeal

October 15, 2012 09:00

Real estate investor Michael Lightman hopes to cash in on a lush woods located in the midst of top-dollar real estate development ...

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Report: PILOTs no budget boon for strapped local governments

Nonprofit Quarterly

October 15, 2012 09:00

According to a recent study by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, at least 218 localities in at least 28 states have received payments in lieu of t...

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How to plan cities for 2.7 billion more people?

Citiwire

October 12, 2012 09:00

NAPLES – Where in the world – literally – will affordable, developable land be found to house and service the stunning population gr...

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Global development: The rise of megacities

The Guardian

October 09, 2012 09:00

The rise of megacities – interactive By 2025, the developing world, as we understand it now, will be home to 29 megacities. We explore the late...

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Editorial suggests taxing Philly’s “Eds and Meds”

Nonprofit Quarterly

October 04, 2012 09:00

Sometimes the press calls for nonprofits to “contribute” to municipal finances given many cities’ long running f...

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Report details use of payments in lieu of taxes by nonprofits

heraldonline.com

October 04, 2012 09:00

At least 218 local governments have received payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from nonprofits that are collectively worth more than $92 million per ...

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Boston collects more payments from nonprofits than any other U.S. city

Boston Business Journal

October 03, 2012 09:00

Boston received the most money in 2012 from payments that nonprofit organizations made in lieu of property taxes of any municipali...

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Payments in Lieu of Taxes Do Little to Help Cities, Study Finds

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

October 02, 2012 09:00

A new report indicates that voluntary payments from nonprofit organizations have done little to improve fiscally strapped local governments’ bud...

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Notes on the Contested City

Joe Urban

October 02, 2012 09:00

Earlier this year I attended “The Contested City,” a two-day seminar organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land P...

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Which universities pay the most to localities

Inside Higher Ed

October 01, 2012 09:00

A report Friday from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy explores changes in the payments colleges, universities and other tax-exempt insti...

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Storm of Money: 10 ways consumers can fight back

Post and Courier

October 01, 2012 09:00

Consider for a moment what would happen if your city, county and school governments doubled your tax bills. "There would be a huge uproar,” said...

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Study: Payments in lieu of taxes generate little revenue

massnonprofit.org

September 30, 2012 09:00

September 29, 2012 — As more Massachusetts cities and towns consider asking nonprofits to make, or increase, voluntary payme...

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U.S. cities' revenue boost from nonprofits meager-report

Reuters

September 29, 2012 09:00

(Reuters) - Hopes that large payments by nonprofits could fatten lean local budgets, such as that announced by Brown University, do not fully achieve ...

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Report details use of payments in lieu of taxes by nonprofits

Sys-Con Media

September 28, 2012 09:00

At least 218 local governments have received payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from nonprofits that are collectively worth m...

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The next big financial crisis that could cripple cities

The Atlantic Cities

September 28, 2012 09:00

Cities are constantly righting the wrongs of decades past. The miscues of the urban renewal era – windswept plazas, hul...

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The next great idea: Why we need a better 'science of cities'

The Atlantic Cities

September 28, 2012 09:00

Building more resilient and prosperous cities is perhaps the grandest of the grand challenges facing the world today. By now, virtually all urban...

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UPMC among nonprofits eager to avoid paying property taxes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

September 27, 2012 09:00

Most nonprofits that own land are eager to avoid paying property taxes, and UPMC -- the biggest private-sector beneficiary of tax-exempt status in All...

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