Posted on November 7, 2008 by Ben Welle
Another interesting development from the Nov. 4th election was passage of a constitutional amendment in Georgia allowing more money for Tax Allocation Districts, a form of tax increment financing. The amendment came about after Atlanta’s Beltline parks, trail and transit project was set to use the tool. Says the Atlanta Journal Constitution: TADs encourage development [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by Ben Welle
An article the other day in the San Francisco Chronicle describes the parks in Mission Bay, a new neighborhood now springing up that city: Sometimes it’s hard to separate the identity of a San Francisco neighborhood from its park. After all, what would the Mission District be without Dolores Park, or North Beach without Washington [...]
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