Complex funding mechanism back in the spotlight | Southeast Iowa Union

A hotel developer eyeing Washington has asked the city for roughly $1.5 million over the course of 10 years, paid for with “tax increment financing,” or TIF. The incentive-making tool is effective for economic development, but complicated and sometimes controversial.

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