Missouri Coalition for Historic Preservation and Economic Development

Missouri Coalition for Historic Preservation and Economic Development
The mission of the Missouri Coalition for Historic Preservation and Economic Development is to protect the Historic Tax Credit, Rebuilding Communities, and Neighborhood Preservation programs from revisions in the state legislature that lessen their impact, through targeted educational and lobbying efforts.
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Submitted: 4/30/2010
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We need your help!

The Historic Tax Credit is under its worst attack since its inception in 1998. We need your support to preserve this effective economic development program. Without your financial support, the Coalition cannot keep its lobbyist and staff coordinator working to protect the Historic Tax Credit. Please give so we can help you and Missouri move forward. 

Below is our fundraising letter and donation form in addition to three letters for you to mail to the Missouri Governor, Senate President Pro Tem and Speaker of the House that express your support of Historic Tax Credits. We appreciate your support!


Submitted: 4/30/2010
Historic Tax Credit Attacked Again!

We need your help!

The Historic Tax Credit is under attack again this year. The Governor has proposed to restructure the program and give complete control to the Director of the Department of Economic Development “with discretion on the amount to award; whether to award any amount at all; and, whether to award any or all of a particular year’s credits allocation” (How Do We Get There? DED Tax Reform Proposal, Section 3h).
 
For more information about bills to monitor and how to help, please read on!
 

Submitted: 4/29/2010
St. Louis Business Journal April 29, 2010

By Coalition Staff

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder held a press conference this morning in support of Historic Tax Credits in front of the Old Post Office, Downtown St. Louis. Please see this St. Louis Business Journal article below by Lisa Brown, describing the event. Thanks to all those who participated and were able to attend! Click on the link to the article below, where you are encouraged to post comments.

Kinder touts benefits of tax credits

 St. Louis Business Journal - by Lisa R. Brown


Submitted: 4/21/2010
St. Louis Today April 21, 2010

by Coalition Staff

Be sure to see the video link of Representative Diehl in the article.

Below is STL Today's recap of Governor Nixon's Capital News Conference surrounded by university and public school officials. Labor and Economic Development groups would also like to meet with the Governor personally to discuss this issue and find an appropriate solution. The coalition does not believe this is an issue that should be framed as Jobs vs. Education. This is particularly true given we are in the worst jobs, housing and financial crisis since the Great Depression. We need leadership that moves our entire state forward. 

A MO Growth/Saint Louis University study says the historic tax credit program more than pays for itself. 

For those of you who do not know (as we did not) what "moribund" means in Virginia Young's article, Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as: "being in the state of dying, approaching death; being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence."

 

Nixon seeks tax credit help from education leaders... STL Post Dispatch


Submitted: 4/20/2010
Chart of Participants in a Typical Development Project
Image: Chart of Participants in a Typical Development Project

This pie chart, developed to show where the money goes in a typical development project, was designed from an actual St. Louis LIHTC and Historic tax credit project. It was cost certified by an independent accounting firm. More than 60 professional groups benefit from an average development project. 

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