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Lafa Lafa Lafayette Lafayette y ette ette February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 @StrongTowns @StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns @clmarohn StrongTowns @clmarohn StrongTowns StrongTowns


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Lafa Lafayette ette Lafa Lafayette ette y February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014

@StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns @clmarohn clmarohn clmarohn clmarohn #STChat STChat STChat STChat @StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns StrongTowns @clmarohn clmarohn clmarohn clmarohn #STChat STChat STChat STChat

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The mission of Strong Towns is to support a model for growth that allows America's towns g to become financially strong and resilient.

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Curbside Chat Curbside Chat BI G Concepts BI G Concepts

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The current path cities are on is

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The current path cities are on is not financially stable.

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The future for most cities is not

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The future for most cities is not going to resemble the recent past. p

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The main determinant of future prosperity for cities will be the ability of local leaders to transform their communities.

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Investment in the community…. y

Powerful Incentives

  • Initial cost to the public for new growth:

minimal …creates new growth… …which

  • Benefit to the public budget for new

growth: substantial increases tax revenue. The catch is that the public agrees to maintain the improvement forever. maintain the improvement forever.

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The critical assumptions to this strategy: p gy

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Either growth continues at ever accelerating g g rates, or

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The pattern of development ultimately generates more revenue than it costs to maintain.

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Road Improvement Project

  • $6,600 cost per property
  • 50% of costs assessed

50% of costs assessed

  • 37 years to recoup public contribution

from adjoining tax base j g

Local Street Project Local Street Project Local Street Project Local Street Project

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Road Maintenance Project

  • $354 000 total cost
  • $354,000 total cost
  • 79 years to recoup public expense

from tax base from tax base

  • To break even requires a 46%

increase in property tax rates p p y

Local Road Rehabilitation Local Road Rehabilitation Local Road Rehabilitation Local Road Rehabilitation

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Industrial Park Development

  • $2 1 million inflation adjusted total cost
  • $2.1 million inflation‐adjusted total cost
  • $6.6 million in improvements induced
  • Payback from current conditions happens in

Payback from current conditions happens in 29 years if all revenue devoted only to debt

I ndustrial Developm ent I ndustrial Developm ent I ndustrial Developm ent I ndustrial Developm ent

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Grow th Ponzi Schem e Grow th Ponzi Schem e

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Grow th Ponzi Schem e Grow th Ponzi Schem e

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Grow th Ponzi Schem e Grow th Ponzi Schem e

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Serious im plications for the future Se

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p ca

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 The “Mechanisms of Growth” we have

become accustomed to are waning.

 Local governments are going to be forced

to absorb the local costs of the current d l t tt development pattern.

 This can’t be done in the current pattern

  • f development without large tax
  • f development without large tax

increases and/ or large cuts in services.

I m plications I m plications I m plications I m plications

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W hat’s the solution? W hat’s the solution? W hat s the solution? W hat s the solution?

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B ild it d th ill B ild it d th ill Build it and they w ill com e…. Build it and they w ill com e….

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B ild it d th ill B ild it d th ill Build it and they w ill com e…. Build it and they w ill com e….

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High Return I nvestm ents High Return I nvestm ents High Return I nvestm ents High Return I nvestm ents

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$ 1 ,1 3 6 ,5 0 0 $ 8 0 3 ,2 0 0

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Auto Oriented $ 0 .6 Traditional Pattern

High Return I nvestm ents High Return I nvestm ents

m illion/ acre $ 1 .1 m illion/ acre

High Return I nvestm ents High Return I nvestm ents

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Need to m easure the public’s Need to m easure the public’s REAL REAL return on investm ent return on investm ent

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Need to account for the second life Need to account for the second life cycle costs. cycle costs. Fi t Lif C l First Life Cycle Second Life Cycle

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Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax

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$ $ $ Property $ $ $ $ $

  • $ $ $

Property $ $ $ $ $

  • Land

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax Property Tax / Land Tax

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Innovation that happens from the top-down tends to be

  • rderly but dumb.

Innovation that Innovation that happens from the bottom-up tends to bottom up tends to be chaotic but smart.

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Curbside Chat Curbside Chat BI G Concepts BI G Concepts

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The current path cities are on is

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The current path cities are on is not financially stable.

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The future for most cities is not

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The future for most cities is not going to resemble the recent past. p

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The main determinant of future prosperity for cities will be the ability of local leaders to transform their communities.

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Now Available… Now Available…

www.StrongTowns.org www.StrongTowns.org www.StrongTowns.net www.StrongTowns.net

m em bership.strongtow ns.org m em bership.strongtow ns.org