City-county consolidation and the rebuilding of image : the fiscal lessons from Indianapolis`s unigov program
By: ROSENTRAUB, Mark S
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ArticlePublisher: 2000State and Local Government Review 32, 3, p. 180-191Abstract: Regions that seek to manage rapid growth, as well as those that struggle to attract development, frequently create new governance systems. This article reviews Indianopolis`s economic development to a countywide government without changing the delivery systems for most other services. The benefits from UniGov included the creation of a city large enough to attract and retain talented political leaership, the physical rebuilding of a downtown core area, and the stabilization of job levels in the downtown area. An unintended consequence was a regressive system to finance redevelopment. The extensive use of abatments and tax increment financing, plans for development has increased tax burdens for residents and businesses located in the old city of Indianapolis, but substantial image and economic benefits have accrued to the region
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Regions that seek to manage rapid growth, as well as those that struggle to attract development, frequently create new governance systems. This article reviews Indianopolis`s economic development to a countywide government without changing the delivery systems for most other services. The benefits from UniGov included the creation of a city large enough to attract and retain talented political leaership, the physical rebuilding of a downtown core area, and the stabilization of job levels in the downtown area. An unintended consequence was a regressive system to finance redevelopment. The extensive use of abatments and tax increment financing, plans for development has increased tax burdens for residents and businesses located in the old city of Indianapolis, but substantial image and economic benefits have accrued to the region
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