The Independence Economic Development and Incentive Commission last month unanimously recommended approval of the incentives – Chapter 100 industrial bond tax abatement, along with sales tax exemption on construction materials. NorthPoint plans to invest more than $800 million to construct several industrial and business park buildings over a dozen years along Little Blue Parkway and Missouri 78.

The renovations were made possible by the City of San Antonio's 2017-2022 Bond Program. According to the library's project budget, construction cost approximately $2.2 million, $455,097 was spent on design, $2,036 on environmental costs and $11,250 went to public art and design enhancements.

MassDevelopment has issued a $9.5 million tax-exempt bond for The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts to build and outfit a new headquarters in Chicopee. The state says the 63,000-square-foot building at the Chicopee River Business Park is expected to open in summer 2023.

Washington, D.C. is heading to Wall Street to get funding for a district-wide program to replace all its streetlights with LED technology and install wireless access points in order to expand broadband reach. D.C. is borrowing $154.5 million through muni green-bonds, the first public-private partnership by nation's capital.

Denver City Council unanimously approved a bond issuance to fund a variety of infrastructure projects approved by voters. This will allow a principal of up to $366.4 million, marking the first issuance for the RISE Denver program and the fifth for the Elevate Denver program. 

Bringing broadband to rural areas is difficult because of the economics; the infrastructure is expensive to deploy, and sparse populations mean a small customer base for traditional internet service providers. Creating regional districts raises aggregate demand by combining the populations of multiple towns.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to help fund the Sites Reservoir Project in California with a $2.2 billion loan through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) to capture and store stormwater flows from the Sacramento River.

North Platte's Community Redevelopment Authority approved a contract with Sustainable Beef Monday, opening the door for tax increment financing for the infrastructure for a new beef processing plant. The Community Redevelopment Authority will buy the land from the city of North Platte for $142,500 and then sell it to Sustainable Beef.

On March 18, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2022-20 providing permanent authority to conduct telephonic public hearings for tax-exempt private activity bonds and Housing Credit qualified allocation plans.

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