Correcting Clean Energy Market Failure with PACE
Local governments face two policy problems that demand urgent attention: An imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions levels to sustainable levels, and the need to create jobs for those hardest hit by the persistent economic recession. Now, an innovative financing tool called Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) has ... [Click here to read the rest of this article]

Cultural Mapping and Cultural Planning
By making the connection between cultural mapping and cultural planning, local governments can develop new ways to facilitate the development of the cultural sector for the social and economic benefit of people living in their communities. The title of this article, ‘Cultural Mapping and Cultural Planning: Making the Conn... [Click here to read the rest of this article]

Municipalities and Real Property under the HST
For a municipality, the impending Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) could have at least two major tax implications related to real property transactions. Firstly, any tax increase that may influence the public’s willingness or ability to purchase a new home may impact a municipality’s property tax base (e.g., fewer new home bu... [Click here to read the rest of this article]