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Invest Atlanta announced the application process for the Westside Tax Allocation District (TAD) Community Improvement Fund is open to developers and community groups. The fund will invest $15 million in capital projects aimed at revitalizing the Vine City, English Avenue and Castleberry Hill neighborhoods.

DCA Commissioner Gretchen Corbin said the new program will offer an opportunity for Rome and the other cities to build on their progress. The DCA will work closely with leaders in all five cities over the next three years, providing technical assistance toward meeting specific goals.

The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership is bringing together leaders from public, private, non-profit, educational, and community organizations to facilitate a new model of workforce development that will result in better connections for the employers and the residents living, or desiring to live, along the Atlanta BeltLine corridor.

The Bond Buyer reports that states will be allowed to issue 5.2% more of private activity bonds in 2014, freeing money for projects that would otherwise be ineligible for tax-exempt financing. Included are graphics demonstrating the volume cap changes from 2013 to 2014 by state.

Interested in bringing your organization to the forefront of hundreds of economic development finance professionals in the state? Consider sponsoring the CDFA Georgia Financing Roundtable in 2014.

June 4, 2014 - Atlanta, Georgia
Join the CDFA Georgia Financing Roundtable for a one-day conference on "Development Finance Best Practices: Programs and Tools that Work." This event will feature a number of economic development finance experts from around the state discussing new development finance tools, authorities, resources and approaches, and how these can affect the Georgia economy going forward.

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The City of Savannah's 2013-2017 Consolidated Housing and Community Development (HCD) Plan is a comprehensive plan addressing the City's housing, homelessness, and non-housing community development needs for the five-year period. The plan describes the activities the City will fund, implement, and/or support using its annual federal allocation.

The Center for Neighborhood Technology put out this report on the growing effort among planners, real estate professionals, and economists to identify not only the economic benefits of alternative transportation modes in and of themselves, but also the impact that they have on housing prices and value retention. The real estate mantra of "location, location, location" is more important than ever.

The Athens-Clarke Co. Economic Development Foundation administers programs such as workforce development, technical assistance, site selection and tax incentives, and provides an overview of each in this brochure.

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