Troubled times require new approaches
By Kathleen Field Orr
Local Government Law,
October 2011
Only time will permit the market place to absorb the thousands of foreclosures of both commercial and residential properties. In order to participate in modest growth and reasonable expansion to sustain the infrastructure that has been put into place, communities must revisit their demands upon developer for impact fees, land dedications and renegotiate recapture agreements.
The evolution of business districts
By Kathleen Field Orr
Local Government Law,
June 2009
Local governments bear so much of the burden of the economic decline, its powers to participate in the efforts to restore economic viability should be strengthened.
Ownership of property within a TIF
By Kathleen Field Orr
Local Government Law,
October 2006
An often-ignored standard of the TIF Act is the provision regarding conflicts of interest on the part of certain municipal officials, employees or consultants which may arise in connection with the designation of a Redevelopment Project Area.
Enforcement of municipal ordinances—A new, efficient method
By Kathleen Field Orr
Business Advice and Financial Planning,
June 2003
Every profession has its own set of regularly occurring frustrating circumstances. For example, a police officer is often forced to abandon an investigation in order to preserve an individual's right of privacy; the teacher is always required to have the simplest curriculum change make its way through a bureaucratic maze before implementation is permitted; or, the administrator is mandated to take a certain tact due to political factors instead of following a higher set of standards
Tax increment financing (TIF): a worthwhile program
By Kathleen Field Orr
Business Advice and Financial Planning,
June 2001
The term "TIF" (tax increment financing) has become a buzz word in the area of economic development and often is believed to be a give-away program to major businesses to add to their already overflowing coffers.
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