Posts tagged Economic Development
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Breakfast links: Pray
Tax break for empty church land?; Washington’s boom, poorly explained; Tysons gets buses; More condos are bad, say condo owners; Suburban officials criticize DC; Tide turning on driver responsibility?; Metrohenge Dupont is today; Amtrak eyes new bridge and tunnel; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More bikes in more places
More are biking; Fairfax gets friendlier to bikes, peds; Stuck in park on parking; Pick a tagline; Yes! changes; Why Intelsat picked Tysons; Corporate incentives don’t work; And…. Keep reading…
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Gray sets out solid vision for economic development
Yesterday, Mayor Gray released an economic development strategy for DC, to create 100,000 jobs over the next 5 years and beyond. The mayor deserves kudos for a strong and thoughtful report. The administration partnered with DC’s strong academic sector on the plan. Instead of paying millions of dollars to consultants, they reached out to the business schools of Georgetown,… Keep reading…
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One City plan sets ambitious goals, and some feebler ones
Mayor Gray released a “One City Action Plan,” a year in the making, which lays out goals and objectives for his administration across almost many areas. It pushes for serious and challenging improvements in education, while in other areas such as transportation, it doesn’t reach as high. Education Education has always been a top priority for Mayor Gray,… Keep reading…
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What is a tech company? How do you build a tech sector?
How do you build a tech sector when there is no such thing as a tech company or tech sector anymore? That’s the challenge that DC faces as it seeks to support the recent rise of a tech sector in the District. There is unquestionably a cluster of related technology firms growing organically in the District. The challenge is to find ways to support them that are targeted… Keep reading…
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What would you ask LivingSocial or DC officials?
Next week, Ken Archer will discuss the LivingSocial tax deal and ways DC can foster more of an innovative technology sector as part of a panel July 11 with LivingSocial’s CFO, Lisa Mayr, and David Zipper, the DC official who spearheaded the tax break. What questions would you like to ask? Moderator Peter Corbett has agreed to ask at least one of the best questions our readers… Keep reading…
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Let’s attract companies with our workers, not with subsidies
DC has grown its private sector by investing in urban amenities that attract a 21st century workforce. Other states simply give companies direct subsidies to attract them instead, providing little external benefit. But the DC Council is about to do exactly that, by giving LivingSocial a $32.5 million location subsidy with few strings attached. DC’s sizable,… Keep reading…
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Amid scandal, don’t lose sight of Gray’s policy achievements
The charges filed yesterday against Vincent Gray’s former assistant campaign treasurer will surely reinforce the image in many voters’ minds of a scandal-plagued mayor who has accomplished nothing for the District. The scandals may be real, but his administration has also racked up some important achievements across the government. Instead of halting progress… Keep reading…
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What can DC learn from its successful subsidies?
New data from the Office of the DC CFO reveals that the initial wave of development subsidies, such as Gallery Place, have repaid to the city well ahead of schedule. While excellent news for the city’s finances, these subsidies also provide important lessons that some present-day corporate subsidies don’t always follow. The hefty return to the city’s… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Burn
Imhoff/Brizill house burns down; Cabbies behaving badly; Whose gax tax is it?; Preserve ze space; Flip the switch, save a bird; Why biking to school got rare; And…. Keep reading…