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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

This translates into lost property tax revenues of $1 million to $2.7 million in 2016 on services related to VAD properties, including $1 million on code enforcement, $800,000 on nuisance abatement, $600,000 on police dispatch, and $1.4 million annually. For instance, Toledo, Ohio spent $3.8 million on fire dispatch.

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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

This survey doesn’t translate to dollars and cents. Much of the revenue comes from $158 million in federal disaster recovery grants and $20 million in a disaster grant to build the new Joplin Public Library. Related Articles: City of Joplin, MO Seeks Public Input to Set Priorities for Budgeting! That phase comes later."