Written by an expert in public finance, this useful new guide provides citizens, planners, local officials and others concerned with sprawling development and growth issues with the tools they need to examine the likely impacts of development proposals on local taxes and municipal budgets. It also offers advice on accounting practices sometimes used to make development appear more attractive to local governments than it really is.

• 26 pp
• May 2000

• $6.50

A version of the report can be found on the web