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business development: Tax Incentives: When Does Their Use Fall Into the Laws of Diminishing Returns - 02/03/07 05:21 PM
From what I have read, most of the 50 States offer some form of tax incentive to build. Some do it to encourage farmers to get into the 'clean energy' business with solar power. Some do it to encourage building in areas the city would like to see revitalized. Some do it to keep up the properties on their main streets.
Cleveland got into the tax abatement issue in 1991 when The City authorized a Tax Abatement Program. That authority is coming up for discussion because in June of 2007 that autority runs out....City Council has been holding hearings to see … (11 comments)

business development: The Cleveland Hub Initiative - 01/13/07 09:59 PM
Will Reviving the Passenger Rail System Be Good for the Economy?
 This idea intrigues me, I admit it. The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers and ODOT are major players in this initiative, which would bring high speed passenger rail trains to cities within a two to four hour travel time of each other, cities like: Toledo, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Chicago, Columbus and Cincinnati. Think about it: airlines are struggling, and even if things get better in that industry,  how many plane transfers does it take when you leave from Cleveland or Omaha or Pittsburgh, to get someplace like Washington D.C., New York … (119 comments)

 

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