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The Top 10 Most Interesting Facts about the Foxconn DealIn 2017, Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn) and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) reached agreement on one of the largest and most significant economic development projects in history. News reports about the project proliferated after it was first revealed that Foxconn had chosen Wisconsin to build a new state of the art manufacturing facility and technology campus to create Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD). This will be the first LCD manufacturing facility of its kind in North America. What really grabbed headlines was the size of the project and its ground breaking amount of economic development incentives – which not only became a lightning rod for the national media but also a talking point to showcase an economic success story in speeches by President Trump. Click here to read more. What Takes Priority – a TIF Exemption or Another Exemption? The Ohio Supreme Court Weighs InTwo important aspects of every tax increment financing (TIF) project in Ohio are (i) determining whether the TIF exemption or another exemption should take priority when two exemptions apply to the same property, and (ii) taking the steps necessary to implement the preferred priority. The Ohio Supreme Court recently weighed in on one aspect of the foregoing in Fairfield Twp. Bd. of Trustees v. Testa, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-2381 (Fairfield Twp.). Click here to read more. Seven Interesting Things to Know About the City of Columbus' Proposed Incentives PolicyEarlier this year, the City of Columbus announced it would be implementing a new incentives policy impacting residential post-1994 Community Reinvestment Areas (CRAs) in the city. The goal of the new incentives policy is to support affordable, mixed-use housing development within Columbus. The new policy will require developers with housing projects in certain CRAs to set aside 20% of units for affordable housing. Half of the 20% must be sold or rented to households making up to 80% of the area median income (AMI), and the other half must be sold or rented to households making up to 100% AMI. Projects that feature the rehabilitation of a property listed on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties are not subject to the affordable housing requirements. The city has drafted proposed legislation to implement the new incentives policy. Click here to read more. |
ContactsWilliam D.G. Baldwin  Karen H. Bauernschmidt Aaron S. Berke Kelly B. Bissinger Bryan H. Falk Nicholas R. House Christopher J. Knezevic Joseph B. Mann Jacinto A. Núñez J. Theodore Smith Lindsay Doss Spillman Jonathan K. Stock Jill S. Tangeman Kristin L. Woeste Scott J. Ziance |
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