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IMFG Director Enid Slack delivered presentations on revenue enhancement, property tax and land value capture at the Municipal Creditworthiness Academy in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Matthew Walshe’s IMFG paper, “Does Local Government Autonomy Promote Fiscal Sustainability? Lessons from Illinois’s Home-Rule Municipalities“ was featured in the April 2019 issue of the Municipal World Journal (vol. 24, no. 6).

Matthew Lesch’s IMFG paper, “Mind the Funding Gap: Transit Financing in Los Angeles County and Metro Vancouver” was mentioned in the March 25th edition of the City Hall Watcher.

Enid Slack and Richard Bird’s book Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health was mentioned by Oakville Mayor Rob Burton in his op-ed for Inside Halton on becoming a fiscally strong city.

Adam Found’s IMFG paper, “Development Charges in Ontario: Is Growth Paying for Growth?” was mentioned in the March 2019 issue of the Municipal World Journal.

Chris Murray’s 2017 IMFG City Manager’s Address was mentioned in the March 2019 issue of Municipal World Journal.

Murtaza Haider and Liam Donaldson’s IMFG paper, “Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment?” was quoted in a Financial Post article assessing the merits of TIF as a tool for financing infrastructure investment.

IMFG event on Governance Models for Successful Regional Transit was covered by Royson James in a column for the Toronto Star titled, “Regional transit governance makes sense – but it requires care and caution, not grandstanding.”  

IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a February 15th Toronto Star editorial on municipal revenue generation.