$1.8M Leap of Faith?
At the nearly 5 hour Board of Estimates meeting last night, there were many items of interest, stimulus package update, alternate side parking during...
TIF for . . . whatever you want, no strings attached.
Sometimes, I miss Zach Brandon.Last night, the Economic Development Commission recommended that we gut the TIF policy. In particular, they voted to eliminate...
TIF Policy – What’s Next?
The committee finally finished its report! Only a year late!The report is done and now it goes off to the Board of Estimates...
James Madison Park Committee (& TIF Committee)
It's going to meet, really, truly. You won't be able to hold your breath until it happens, but here's the latest,...
The problem with TIF policy
Some things, require no explanation . . .*******************April 16, 2007 - Cancelled*******************May 14, 2007 - Cancelled*******************Meeting held June 4- Absent Sanborn, Konkel*******************June 18...
How much TIF for "business" is enough?
Budgeting for and actual spending for TIF, and particularly for the business community as opposed for City projects, has increased dramatically in the last...
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
TIF priorities
Yesterday the TIF Policy Committee met to discuss priorities for TIF funding. Current priorities are Support the Downtown, Neighborhood Revitalization and Economic...
Who gets our TIF dollars? Who decides and how?
Today, on the longest Board of Estimates agenda of the year, the mayor has placed it on the agenda as item number ...
TIF Stalled – Again
Apparently, its too hard for some people to read a TIF policy document that's been around since last June and a memo to the...
TIF: What’s In? What’s Out?
Tonight the Board of Estimates may finally act on the TIF policy that we've been working on since fall of 2004 . . ....
Revised TIF policy – will it take 3 years, or more?
Q: How long could it possibly take for the City of Madison to pass revisions to the TIF policy?A: An unbelieveably long...