Value and Success of Local Tax Abatements

Gauging the success of local tax abatements: whether these incentives result in a return to the tax payer and in targeted improvements to the local economy; and proposed tax abatements for West Broad Street, with The Columbus Dispatch Reporter Mark Ferenchik, Franklin County Economic and Development Planning director James Schimmer and The Ohio State University (OSU) John Glenn School of Public Affairs associate professor Rob Greenbaum.