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How Politics Wastes Tax Dollars in Tax Incentives

Barrett & Greene

Over the course of the last few months, we’ve been digging deeply into the world of tax incentives given by states and local governments to help encourage economic development. But the real reasons behind most economic development deals aren’t things for which they can take credit.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

Today, Community Progress has affected change in forty-eight states through leadership education and collaborative systems, policy, and practice reforms. Simply, we work to transform “Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places.”?For For more information, visit communityprogress.org.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

As a former educator for Teachers for America, Abby realized the equity gap in the education system. As a former educator for Teachers for America, Abby realized the equity gap in the education system. 11% of students from low-income households graduate college,” says Abby Coyle. Contact info: abby@classequity.com.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Health say they want the WVC facility to promote jobs and educational opportunities for the Valley's west side. The Apex Project includes renovation of the hospital’s Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research and a 700-car parking garage for patients and visitors.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Elizabeths East Campus ," press release). -- " Ordinary versus Extraordinary Planning around the rebuilding of the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington DC | Part One: Rearticulating the system of health and wellness care East of the River " -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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Federal government research hub development initiative

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Department of Defense as a customer of technology firms has also spurred economic development. Federal laboratories too have different success rates for spurring the development and adoption of new technologies and business opportunities. Learning from Europe: Knowledge locations in cities.