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TIF to TRID?
Over at CommissionerSam.com, Sam is enthusing over a new financing tool he heard about at RailVolution, Transit Revitalization Investment Districts. The idea is to capture the value created by transportation improvements, and use that to fund the improvements. Similar in concept to Tax Increment Financing, but in operation more like beefed up versions of the…
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Help Sam Spend Your Money
Commissioner Sam is going to ask his Portland City Council Colleagues to put some of Portland’s one-time surplus funds into the backlog of road paving and other transportation improvements (with a safety focus). Sam is looking for suggestions on projects to include in the request. Sam’s missive is below. Head over to CommissionerSam.com to add…