The Baltimore Sun reports City Council leaders have set a new standard when granting development subsidies by requiring a developer to provide a substantial community benefit in order to receive funds.

City officials from Harlingen, TX have amended the city's three tax increment finance zones in an effort to finance the development of a 43,000-square-foot convention center. Through the amendments, property taxes may now be used to help finance the construction.

This quick hand out from the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority gives an over view of tax increment financing and special assessment bonds along with the role the Port Authority can have in the processes of issuing bonds.

Kirksville, MO could be the home of two new hotels thanks to several different types of incentives the city offers to encourage more economic development, according to Kirksville Daily Express.

A report by the Center for State and Local Finance finds that Atlanta's TADs are expected to post strong growth in 2016 with a projected revenue increase of nearly 30 percent, or $21.5 million overall, based on preliminary assessment data for tax year 2015. 

The Santa Barbara Unified School District is forming an elementary facilities improvement district for the purpose of going for general-obligation bonds, as reported by Noozhawk. The facilities improvement district allows up to $300 million in bond measures.

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