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How Activism at the Local Level Can Rein in Corporate Subsidies

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By Arlene Martinez
| Nonprofit Quarterly Verified
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Escaping Corporate Capture.” View the full webinar here. Arlene Martínez: I was a journalist for many years, before I got into this space (corporate and government accountability), and I was pretty outraged when I got here, and I saw [that] I can’t even find out the company name or the amount of the subsidy [it is getting].
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As downtown grows, are Detroit neighborhoods paying the price?

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By Arlene Martinez
| goodjobsfirst.org
BridgeDetroit: As downtown grows, are Detroit neighborhoods paying the price? A report commissioned by the Detroit City Council draws into question how effective a nearly five-decade effort to drive economic development has been in improving the quality of life for all city residents. It finds the benefits have largely gone to white, wealthy downtown developers at the expense of others.
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Report: Green Bay tax abatement losses rising swiftly

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By Arlene Martinez
| goodjobsfirst.org
The Center Square: Report: Green Bay tax abatement losses rising swiftly The Center Square wrote about a new Good Jobs First report detailing how much money cities, counties, and school districts lose to some types of corporate tax breaks. It focused on Green Bay, Wisconsin, which had one of the biggest losses among the communities surveyed. “The city had just $191,000 in tax abatements in 2017 but that grew to $2 million in 2022, a 942% increase, according to numbers collected by Good Jobs First.
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