This is the raw data that members of the press were given this weekend on the North Carolina Research Campus from the City of Kannapolis. I haven’t gotten a chance to go through it, myself; but some folks may find it interesting.
You’ll need Adobe Acrobat to view the files.
Here are the files:
NCRC Supplemental Tax Increment Projection Study
NCRC Economic Impact Final Report
Kannapolis SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis 10-16-06
Fiscal Impact Report — NCRC (Secondary Development)Fiscal Impact Analysis
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1 Tarheel Tavern # 109 - One Bourbon, One Scotch and many a Blogger « The Olive Ridley Crawl // Mar 25, 2007 at 4:06 pm
[...] Justin Thibault of The View from the Cheap Seats (a blog that focuses on Cabarrus County issues) has this contribution about economic and other issues surrounding the proposed North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. Here’s one of his posts about the NCRC. While he thinks it is not very engaging, it’s for me one of the things blogs are best at, fast and easy collection and dissemination of information. Anyone can have an opinion, but it takes a lot of work to collect a bunch of information and put it out there. His post demonstrates the incredible democratization of our political discourse in the last few years driven mainly by the internet and the combined people power of the blogosphere. This is the raw data that members of the press were given this weekend on the North Carolina Research Campus from the City of Kannapolis. I haven’t gotten a chance to go through it, myself; but some folks may find it interesting. [...]
2 The View From The Cheap Seats » NCRC Doubts: What about the children? // Apr 5, 2007 at 3:09 am
[...] Projections put the amount of new taxes to the County from the NCRC as being a net benefit - even with the County participating in the Tax-Increment Financing (TIF). This is better demonstrated in this document and this one from the NCRC Data article that I published earlier. Basically, the amount the property values go up - based on very conservative estimates - covers current commitments, the County’s involvement in the TIF, and leaves some over for school construction. [...]
3 The View From The Cheap Seats » NCRC Doubts: The TIF Will Make My Taxes Go Up // Apr 5, 2007 at 3:33 am
[...] Projections put the amount of new taxes to the County from the NCRC as being a net benefit - even with the County participating in the Tax-Increment Financing (TIF). This is better demonstrated in this document and this one from the NCRC Data article that I published earlier. Basically, the amount the property values go up - based on very conservative estimates - covers current commitments, the County’s involvement in the TIF, and leaves some over for school construction or other things the County has fallen behind on. [...]
4 The View From The Cheap Seats » NCRC Doubts: TIFs Are Risky // Apr 5, 2007 at 4:10 am
[...] Get The Facts on the NCRC [...]
5 The View From The Cheap Seats » NCRC Doubts: The Project Has Already Started // Apr 5, 2007 at 4:11 am
[...] Get The Facts on the NCRC [...]
6 Laura // Apr 9, 2007 at 11:33 am
Thanks for posting this. I don’t know why this project has remained so far underneath the NC media radar. It doesn’t seem like it’s gotten the attention it deserves. It’s another RTP — potentially bigger, in fact.
7 The View From The Cheap Seats » Carruth’s TIF Proposal - An Example of Fiscal Discipline // Apr 11, 2007 at 12:53 am
[...] [Go to NCRC Data Article to Get Projections on the TIF] [...]