Tag: illinois
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A Southerner’s Take on Europe
Somehow, my social media feed has been flooded with British takes on America and Americans—many of them reconsidering deep-seated stereotypes. One of the more common ones? That Americans don’t travel internationally much. But as some Brits are discovering, there’s a reason for that: the sheer scale of the U.S. They explain to their friends back…
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This is how Tax Increment Financing (or TIF) works
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) has been in the local news recently, so I’d like to take the time to explain how this governmental funding tool works and where it’s been used in Kingsport in the past. Tennessee, like all 50 states, uses TIF to assist eligible development projects. In simple terms, TIF is borrowing against…
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