Community Choices: Thinking Through Land Conservation, Development, and Property Taxes in Massachusetts 

This study looks at the relationship between land conservation and property taxes both over the short-term and long-term.  It finds that new developments often do not generate enough property taxes to cover increases in the costs of municipal services.

Helen O'Shea
The Trust for Public Land 
116 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel:415-495-4014
Fax:415-495-0540
Email: info@tpl.org   

  • 22 pp
  • 1998

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