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The Economic Benefits of Investing in Urban Renewal
How analysts estimate the economic returns of urban renewal, from property values and jobs to spillovers, and why the costs and gains often land on different people.
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Renewal Business and Investment
The money side of renewal: investment, partnerships, taxes and effects on local firms.
The Benefits of Urban Renewal on Local Tax Bases
How redevelopment can change property and sales tax revenue, how tax increment financing works in general terms, and why added revenue is never guaranteed.
The Business of Urban Renewal: How to Create a Sustainable and Profitable Model
How a renewal project can balance revenue with public purpose, using mixed income streams and planning for the long-term upkeep that often gets underfunded.
The Business of Urban Renewal: How to Create Jobs and Stimulate Economic Growth
Why renewal jobs split into temporary construction work and permanent positions, and what determines whether local residents are actually hired for either.
The Business of Urban Renewal: How to Invest in City Revitalization
A guide to the types of investors and capital behind city renewal, from public funds and lenders to private developers and community investors, and the risks each takes.
The Business of Urban Renewal: How to Leverage Public-Private Partnerships for Success
How public-private partnership structures divide risk and reward in urban renewal, what a deal typically contains, and the common ways these arrangements go wrong.
The Business of Urban Renewal: How to Leverage Technology for Success
A practical, hype-free look at the mapping, modeling, permitting and project-management tools that help teams manage urban renewal projects, and their limits.
The Economic Benefits of Urban Renewal: A Case Study
A hypothetical renewal project walked through a simple public cost-benefit tally, with clearly labeled illustrative numbers and tests of how sensitive the result is.
The Economic Impact of Urban Renewal on Local Businesses
How renewal can disrupt, squeeze or help existing small businesses through construction, rising rents and new customers, and the tools used to protect them.
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Accessible Cities Design for disability, age and public transport access. City Economy Digital access, private investment and innovation districts. Development Economics What city development and public investment mean for regional and national economies. Economic Impact of Renewal What renewal and development mean for local economies and how to measure it. Local Business and Revenue How renewal affects existing firms, entrepreneurs and local tax revenue. Public-Private Partnerships How public bodies and private investors share the work and risk of development.