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St. Romaine’s response to Columbia Heartbeat blogger Mike Martin
Assistant City Manager Tony St. Romain sent a letter (below) to Columbia Heartbeat blogger Mike Martin regarding his posts Thursday, on “an alleged plan to replace, block, or otherwise undermine so-called City Council ‘activists.’” »
Tax-increment financing application for downtown developments now available
The Columbia City Council released it’s tax-increment financing application for developments in The District last week. The city’s TIF Committee will review the applications and then make a recommendation to the council on whether each application should be approved or denied, on a case-by-case basis. »
How exactly does tax-increment financing work?
While new to Columbia, tax-increment financing, a program the city will use in some downtown development projects, has been used as an economic tool in Missouri for more than 25 years. »
Tax breaks available for some downtown developers
In an effort to encourage redevelopment of The District, the city has finalized a plan for downtown businesses to apply for tax breaks. Columbia has requested proposals from the Tiger Hotel and the “District Village” at Tenth and Locust streets as development projects targeted for tax-increment financing. »