Posts Tagged ‘PILOT’
Drop the PILOT? Not Yet, Say Cash-Strapped Municipalities
by John O. Harney
December 2, 2010
Private colleges, nonprofit hospitals, museums, soup kitchens and churches are exempt from property taxes. As cash-strapped host municipalities look for more revenue, their interest in collecting payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from charitable nonprofit organizations will grow, according to a report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
In recent ...
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Higher Ed’s Local and Regional Economic Impact: A NEBHE Conference and Recent Evidence
by John O. Harney
February 17, 2012
Our longstanding interest in the ways colleges and universities enrich their communities and the region will be on full display at NEBHE's April 3 conference on "Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development." It promises to be a ...
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