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State legislators from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire gathered at the annual Economic Perspectives on State and Local Taxes seminar last month, organized in partnership with the New England Public Policy Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.Read more »
Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, former Mesa, Ariz. mayor and Phoenix-area transit chief Scott Smith and business and financial consultant Timothy Renjilian have joined the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.Read more »
For the 12th year in a row, New York City has a larger discrepancy in property tax rates for multi-family rental apartment buildings compared to owner-occupied homes than any other U.S. city, according to the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and...Read more »
Officials and experts are taking a closer look at tax incentives and identifying strategies to prevent waste, ensure accountability and transparency, and produce the maximum benefit for each public dollar invested.Read more »
Nearly 300 scholars and graduate students from 17 countries are gathering in London to discuss urban development in China. The 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development, held May 5-6 is organized by the University of College London and co-sponsored by the Lincoln Institute and...Read more »
The Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy will work toward better integration of land-use planning and water management.Read more »
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will lead the conversation on fiscal sustainability, equity, green infrastructure and its financing, and the challenges facing the New York metropolitan area among many other topics at the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference in New York...Read more »
American cities should be prepared to go it alone – and will continue to fight the federal government on immigration policy and other conflicting standards -- but can hold out hope that proposed infrastructure investments will provide a boost.Read more »
The development of Hudson Yards will surely be studied for its planning, design, and engineering, but one of the most innovative aspects of the project is how it was financed.Read more »
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has established the Center for Community Investment, a leadership development, research and capacity building initiative to help communities mobilize capital to achieve their economic, social and environmental priorities.Read more »
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