MILWAUKEE — When Madison officials in 2008 created a tax increment financing district for the city’s southwest side, they predicted the district’s property value would more than triple in the ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Tax incremental financing (TIF) allows cities or villages to ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Economic development initiatives are a top priority for older ...

The weak development market is forcing municipalities in Wisconsin to scale back the amount of money they give to support new projects. The city of Cudahy, Wis., for example, plans to use ...

RACINE, WI — The Racine Common Council on Tuesday with a vote of 3 – 11 rejected a proposal to spend up to $500,000 in tax incremental financing (TIF) funds to purchase a lakefront parcel because of ...

Sheboygan residents submitted letters to the editor on topics including voter ID laws and local tax financing. One writer ...

Tax money collected on business expansions in downtown Wisconsin Rapids will be used by the city to pay for reconstruction of West Grand Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare. Tax money collected on ...

(WKOW) — Tax increment financing or TIF is the primary tool that cities use to help spur redevelopment in aging or deteriorating areas and to spark new economic growth. In the city of Oshkosh, tax ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Wisconsin communities after the recession spent more money ...

An overview of the use of Tax Incremental Districts by the city of Sturgeon Bay, based on a conversation with City Administrator Steve McNeil and Community Development Director Marty Olejniczak. What ...