Sedalia Doesn’t Need a 353 Redevelopment Plan
There is a lot happening in Sedalia right now. Many local residents are starting to ask questions about the goings-on...
WATCH: Developer Seeking $60 Million TIF in Osage Beach, Missouri
The Osage Beach TIF Commission will meet on April 17, 2023 regarding the Oasis at Lakeport project. More information here....
St. Louis Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s...
What’s the Rush, Chesterfield?
Chesterfield leaders have scheduled a special city council meeting for Wednesday, December 14, to vote on (and likely approve) the...
Chesterfield and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Large TIF
Chesterfield does not have a municipal property tax. There’s nothing wrong with that. It funds its local government primarily with...
Ballwin TIF Ends; Clear Failure Lauded as “Great Success” by Municipal Apparatchiks
In the great film “The Death of Stalin,” there are many fantastic scenes of a dark-comic nature where the members...
Movement on TIF Bill
There’s potential for tax-increment financing (TIF) reform this legislative session. My colleague David Stokes and I recently submitted testimony for...
Brody Corners Decision Good for Springfield
Springfield has temporarily abandoned an incentive package plan for the Brody Corners multi-use project. The plan would have resulted in...
An Updated Look at Tax-Increment Financing
Tax-increment financing (TIF) is a widely used economic development incentive in which property tax revenues are redistributed back to developers....
