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1. Place Database

   Contest Winners Use Maps to Tell Stories of Place
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   By Emma Zehner, November 15, 2019

   The winning projects from The Place Database Contest explored complex policy questions related to climate mitigation, affordable housing, and sprawl. The contest asked participants to use The Place...

2. Economic Development

   Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?
   Revista Land Lines
   Agosto 2019
   By Will Jason, August 20, 2019

   Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?

3. Property Tax

   Fifty-State Study Details Growing Tax Breaks for Longtime Homeowners
   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2019
   By Will Jason, June 25, 2019 

   In states with property tax assessment limits, tax breaks for longtime homeowners are growing at the expense of new homeowners, a new study shows.

4. A New Podcast

   Let's Talk TIF
   Revista Land Lines
   Mayo 2019
   By Anthony Flint, May 28, 2019

   Tax increment financing is one of the most widely used—and least understood—public finance mechanisms in the U.S. today. David Merriman, one of the foremost experts on TIF, talks about what communities and states can do to avoid the pitfalls.

5. Public Finance

   As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?
   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 2019
   By Will Jason, March 19, 2019

   As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.

6. What Assessors Need to Know About Tax Abatements and Incentives (IAAO Conference)

   Conferencias
   Septiembre 11, 2019
   Speakers: Ron Rakow, Greg LeRoy, David Merriman

   The Lincoln Institute seminar at the 2019 annual conference of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) will focus on “What Assessors Need to Know About Tax Abatements and Incentives."

7. 2019 Economic Perspectives on State and Local Taxes

   Conferencias
   Mayo 6, 2019
   Speakers: William Glasgall, Jeffrey P. Thompson, Peter Nelson, Sally Wallace, Steven Sheffrin, Bo Zhao, Emily Parker, Graham Campbell, Alison Goebel, Matthew Englander, Adam Langley
   Co-Sponsor: New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

   An interactive seminar targeted to legislators in the New England states