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Community Benefits from Development
RISEP’s research in the area of community benefits from development looks at how publicly funded projects such as stadiums can be structured to provide the most benefits to local residents. Best value contracting, local hiring, apprenticeship programs, health benefits for workers, and using small and minority contractors are ways to make large public works projects not only important amenities but true engines of economic and workforce development. We also look at public opinion about development in South Florida and investigate economic development tax breaks given to private companies to see how these incentives measure up as a way of creating jobs.
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May
Miami Voter Dispositions Towards the Development ‘Boom’ and Economic Policy
Miami-Dade’s expenditures for economic development: Do they effectively address the problem of low-wage work, housing affordability, and the homelessThe purpose of this project is to assess City of Miami residents’ opinions about Miami’s building boom of the past few years. We were concerned with how development directly affects the lives of individuals in Miami, especially in the areas where development is concentrated. We wanted to learn what residents view as the positive and negative i
July
Subsidized Economic Development in Miami
State and local agencies have subsidized private sector investment in the name of economic development in Miami-Dade County. We analyzed the outcomes of subsidized economic development in Miami from a community benefits perspective. Accordingly, we were interested in the number and quality of jobs created through public-private partnerships, as well as the extent of local hiring, the transparency and inclusiveness of the development process and the extent to which such standards were monitored a
November
Public Benefits from Public Subsidies: Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Ways to Build
The purpose of the reports is to determine the best way for the public to maximize the benefits it will receive from the construction of a new, approximately $490 million stadium for the Florida Marlins at the Orange Bowl site in Little Havana. In particular, we examine the different employment and contracting options facing the city and county, and the consequences of different choices between these options. The goal is to obtain a good value for the taxpayer’s investment, obtain stable and w
