Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Case Studies

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Advancing Food Systems Through Development Finance

This is the sixth and final white paper in a series examining the potential creation of a food systems asset class that supports the market growth of local and regional food systems. This paper presents three replicable strategies for restoring...

CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series: Capturing the Success of High Performing DFA's Members only

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series on Capturing the Success of High Performing DFA's featured Tim Fisher of CDFA, Paul Toth of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Gary Smith of Chester County Economic Development...

Transformative Revitalization - Boston Landing Members only

Development Finance Authority, Mass Development, uses Public-Private Partnership, Bonds, TIF, Special Assessment, Brownfields Clean Up, and Tax Credits to redevelop the former Slaughterhouse District into the New Boston Landing.

The Latest on Tax Increment Financing in Michigan Members only

TIF is perennially one of the nation’s most effective and popular development finance tools, but also one of its most misunderstood and controversial. The types of projects that TIF supports in Michigan is diverse, making TIF a very flexible...

Innovative Development with Public Private Partnerships (P3)Members only

As budgets are stretched at all levels, it can be difficult to pull together funding for necessary infrastructure improvements. Kara Woods (City of Grand Rapids) and Ian Koffler (Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone, PLC) examine case studies and...

Super TIFs Are Transforming Three Cities Members only

This article from Planning Magazine examines three projects that have benefited from the use of Super TIFs, a redevelopment tool adopted by several states that allows them to capture state taxes generated by certain kinds of redevelopment projects.

Combining and Leveraging TIF Members only

Colorful images show the story of Kansas City, MO's Tax Increment Financing districts by Dan Bagunu who skillfully combines TIF with tax abatements, tax redirection, tax credits, bonds and more.

Atlantic Station: A Sustainable Brownfield Revitalization Best Practice

This case study from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Environmental Science and Policy highlights the Atlantic Station project in Atlanta Georgia and is an example of brownfield redevelopment that manages growth sustainably.

Tools for Financing Brownfields: Corrective Action Plan Members only

Douglass Selby of Hunter & Williams LLP discusses the use of TIF for brownfield financing and presents a case study from the City of Atlanta.

Missouri Redevelopment Case Studies Members only

Craig Davis (Spencer Fane Britt & Browne), Laura Radcliffe (Stifel Public Finance), and Debbie Rush (Thompson Coburn LLP) provide several examples of successful redevelopment projects in Missouri.

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