Multi-use TIF project under fire; Tiger Hotel a ‘no brainer’

Projects applying for public financing came under scrutiny at today’s Tax Increment Financing Commission meeting. The developers — one group proposing to restore the Tiger Hotel to its former glory as a boutique hotel and the other proposing an eight-story residential-retail-office building — applied for the tax break in late January, and this is the [...]

Columbia’s Daily Dish (April 28, 2009)

A smattering of links about Columbia’s growth and development. • Senators debate higher education building bonds (Columbia Missourian) — A proposal that would create a funding option for $700 million worth of higher education capital projects faced opposition from Senate Democrats in a committee hearing Monday afternoon. The measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, [...]