9 posts from

July 2026

Tax Allocation Districts: The Best way to fund a DDA for Downtown Revitalization

Traditional DDA funding shifts with politics and grants come with rigid rules. A Tax Allocation District directly captures the value a board creates and reinvests it into the district.

Walkability as Economic Infrastructure: Measuring ROI for Streetscape Investments (Georgia Edition)

A Georgia-focused guide to treating sidewalks, street trees, and streetscape improvements as real economic infrastructure with measurable returns.

PILOTs and Bond-for-Title Deals: How Georgia DDAs Structure Property Tax Abatements

A Georgia-focused guide to how DDAs use leasehold structures, PILOT agreements, and bond-for-title transactions to create lawful property tax abatements, grounded in a real Downtown Griffin mill redevelopment.

What your web developer won't tell you: AI Aggregation and Zero-Click Searches

Search behavior has changed permanently. Here's what web developers must do so content gets parsed, cited, and delivered in an AI-aggregated web.

Unlocking Abandoned Lots: A Georgia Guide to Land Banks and Infill Development

A Georgia-focused guide to using land banks, in rem foreclosure, and redevelopment agreements to return abandoned lots to productive use.

Using Drones for Downtown Economic Development and Property Inspections

Drones reduce inspection costs, improve property marketing, and provide high-resolution data for downtown redevelopment decisions.

Why Small Downtowns Need a Redevelopment Site Pipeline, Not Just a Vision Plan

A practical case for moving from broad downtown visioning to a live shortlist of real sites, real owners, and real next steps.

A Practical Playbook for Adaptive Reuse Deals: From Blighted Building to Bankable Project (Georgia Edition)

A Georgia-focused framework for turning distressed downtown buildings into financeable adaptive reuse projects.

The Georgia Rural Zone Playbook: How Small Downtowns Stack Three State Tax Credits

A Georgia-focused guide to using Rural Zone job, investment, and rehabilitation tax credits to close financing gaps in small downtown redevelopment deals.