There are some obvious anomalies that are being overlooked in the property tax assessment system. Joe Minicozzi of Urban3 pulls back the curtain in this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast.
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The process for appealing your property taxes can be obscure, even when the appeal is merited (and more often than not, it is). This simple guide will help prepare you for when your property is next assessed.
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As an ad hoc committee recently discovered, owners of higher-valued properties are more likely to receive a tax break…simply because of bad data.
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If you don’t own a home, and don’t have plans to own one anytime soon, you might think property taxes don’t concern you. But, what if we told you that they definitely do?
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Portland and Oregon leaders shouldn’t commit to a $5-billion project without an investment grade analysis (IGA) of toll revenues.
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Nick and Amanda Lanata are putting the Strong Towns approach into action in Zachary, Louisiana.
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We expect city budgets and financial reports to inform citizens and community leaders alike, but in reality, local government accounting is unnecessarily complicated, confusing, and illogical.
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When it comes to our places’ roads, we need to start asking: “How much is this gonna cost us?”
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Local leaders in Ohio and Kentucky are gearing up to make a multi-billion dollar mistake on this bridge equivalent of a highway-widening project.
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Let’s #DoTheMath on some public infrastructure in Providence, RI.
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In this follow-up to last week’s piece about Galesburg, IL, we’ll look at what the town needs in order to recover and thrive.
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Citizens of Galesburg, IL, are trying to save their public indoor pool and create a new activity complex. City council is sympathetic, but there's just one problem: money.
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For our real-estate markets to allow incremental development to be economically viable, there are some challenges we need to confront.
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Many local jurisdictions put off paying the bills for big capital projects. But this month, the bell tolls for Maine.
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The Kansas City Royals are considering building a new stadium downtown. But who should pay for it: the princes (team owners) or the paupers (taxpayers)?
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Storage facilities have no place in a productive, walkable downtown. Here’s a case study showing why, and how to deal with the problem.
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A Studebaker factory once brought jobs to South Bend, IN, but what’s happened to the city (and its infrastructure) now that the factory has closed its doors?
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Let’s #DoTheMath in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
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Rather than building new parks, it’s time we #DoTheMath on the ones we’ve already got.
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Collier County is poised to spend over $200 million extending utilities to a whole new, previously rural, portion of the county. Let's #DoTheMath on this plan.
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