The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of 20 additional state awards under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Technical Assistance Grant Program, totaling more than $50.8 million. These awards will be used to...

States across the country are starting to gather data and use evidence to systematically evaluate tax incentives. To illustrate what sort of evaluations states are conducting, NCSL created a database of state tax incentive evaluations. Evaluations...

This interactive data tool from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows total SSBCI investments, percent of investments in LMI and rural areas, investments by MSA, investments by loan programs, CDFIs, and more.

This report by Chamberlin/Dunn offers an evaluation of two consecutive years (FY19-FY20) of the Appalachian Regional Commission's POWER Initiative. The report aims to understand successes, challenges, and lessons learned through implementation, and...

This evaluation was designed to help ARC and its stakeholders learn from the POWER Program's implementation successes and challenges; identify technical assistance needs; and report on the qualitative impact of investments made, to date, with POWER...

States saw steep declines in revenues in the second quarter of 2020, though some of this was caused by shifting revenues into the next quarter and next fiscal year. Consequently, most states ended the 2020 fiscal year uncertain about their fiscal...

On September 30, 2019, HUD awarded more than $314 million to 77 state and local government agencies and more than $5 million in six tribal communities to identify and address home health and safety hazards. This document is a description of each...

G. Mark Mamantov, Jeffrey Oldham, Jordana Nelson, and James Moneyhun Jr discuss TIF and property tax in Tennessee

This application is for the South Central Tennessee Development District EDA Revolving Loan Fund.

Cities incubate creativity and serve as labs for innovative ideas and policies. The concept of an Innovation District is one such idea. These districts are creative, energy-laden ecosystems that focus on building partnerships across sectors.

Many nonprofit housing developers have begun to form their own community lending institutions. This resource provides case study analyses of four different revolving loan funds in varied contexts.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, the elements and diverse nature of special assessment financing is showcased with examples from around the nation.

As a part of the USDA's commitment to strengthening rural economies, a state-by-state "Made in Rural America" report has been released for each state. Each state's factsheet highlights specific USDA investments in rural businesses, manufacturing,...

This paper from the University of Tennessee College of Law reviews the Tax Increment Financing methods in Tennessee. This paper serves as a useful resource not only for legal practitioners in the Tennessee, but also for local government officials...

The Appalachian Regional Commission commissioned this report to examine innovative projects that demonstrate benefits to rural and underserved communities. The case studies encompass energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and local food systems.

The Industrial Development Board of the County of Knox, Tennessee created this flow chart to help interested parties better understand the process of creating a TIF agreement.

The Appalachian Regional Commission released this report which is an assessment of food system infrastructure, access to capital for entrepreneurs, education, and regional capacity in the Appalachian region.

PGAV shares their experience developing the plan for the first TIF district under Tennessee statute. This document describes project challenges, accomplishments, and PGAV's expertise in providing TIF consulting.

This resource by Gary Jaeckel, a Municipal Management Consultant, covers the basics of TIF in Tennessee from historical uses to best practices and alternatives to TIF.

Launch Tennessee produced the program guidelines for Tennessee's INCITE Co-Investment Fund which was created with SSBCI funds. The purpose of the fund is to increase access to seed, early and expansion-stage capital for businesses.

Tennessee's Department of Economic & Community Development describe the massive overhaul the department experienced under new Governor Bill Haslem. The document also explains their approach and focus for economic and community development moving...

This guide to Tennessee's new tax increment finance statute was created by the state's Comptroller of the Treasury.

These program guidelines from the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation cover the state's INCITE Co-Investment Fund, which is a self-sustaining fund expanding access to capital for seed-, early-, and expansion-stage companies.

The Memphis Research Consortium produced this brochure overviewing the organization, which uses state (and now Treasury SSBCI) funds to encourage innovation, investment, research, and economic development. Items in the publication include...

Peter Harnik, Ben Welle, and Albert Pingree of the Center for City Park Excellence created this report on including public parks in redevelopment projects. The authors provide numerous examples of parks funded by development authorities and argue...

Tennessee Valley Authority Economic Development has published this guide for sustainable development.

Tennessee Valley Authority Economic Development offers a variety of loan funds targeted at manufacturers and non-profits. Terms and eligible uses are variable depending on the specifics of the project.

This document contains the guidelines and policies the State of Tennessee will be using to administer both the Recovery Zone Economic Development and Recovery Zone Facility Bond programs. It includes the process of recapture and reallocation of...

The Industrial Development Board of the County of Knox uses the following procedure diagram as its action plan for all TIF projects.

Rose Naccarato of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations looks at the implementation of TIF in Tennessee, its fundamentals and relevant information.

The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)'s Staff Research Brief looks at TIF. The piece looks at TIF, its use in Tennessee and ways to improve the TIF tool.

Enabling legislation for tax increment financing in Tennessee.