What is Tax Increment Financing? with Randal O’Toole from CATO Institute
Tax-increment financing (TIF) is an increasingly popular way for cities to promote economic development. TIF works by allowing cities to use the property, sales, and other taxes collected from new developments — taxes that would…
Downtown’s new neighborhood: Arapahoe Square
“On a project-by-project basis, DURA can use TIF to help close the financing gap between what a private developer can fund and the actual cost needed to complete a project by utilizing the incremental new…
Denver City Council approves Arapahoe Square Redevelopment Plan
“Though the council ensured the approved plan authorizes the use of tax increment financing, no tax increment area was set for the 93-acre site. Individual projects will be brought forward and, upon approval from DURA…
Arapahoe Square inches closer to redevelopment
Arapahoe Square inches closer to redevelopment. Moore, Paula. Denver Business Journal 21 February 2010.
Tax Increment Financing 101
This short video by the North Dakota Policy Council describes what tax increment financing is along with its origins and the problems associated with it. North Dakota Policy Council 31 December 2009.
RTD tells property owners it needs their land
“Denver’s Regional Transportation District is notifying 180 property owners that it will need some or all of their land to build the first portion of the multibillion FasTracks project. The 12.1 mile rail line RTD…
