Comments on: The Kelo v. New London in a new light http://urbanplanningblog.com/473/the-kelo-v-new-london-in-a-new-light/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pratik http://urbanplanningblog.com/473/the-kelo-v-new-london-in-a-new-light/#comment-237 Pratik Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:53 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2009/11/13/the-kelo-v-new-london-in-a-new-light/#comment-237 Parag, Oops!. It is 1,400. Fixed. Re: the blame game, I would definitely pin most of it on the city. In fact, the city in its bid to attract Pfizer decided to create this 'urban center' hoping to boost its livability. I'm not sure how many incentives were offered to Pfizer to relocate here. Competition in the ;ocal economic development has often seen the race to the bottom by regions and cities with higher incentives and tax credits offered in order to get industry to relocate to their jurisdiction but rarely are conditions put forward to keep the industry there for a fixed amount of time. This may be necessary to recover their investment but often intense regional competition makes cities/states ignore such conditions. It is a risk as New London found out the hard way. It requires nuanced debate which is not likely in today's 'balloon boy' media. Parag,

Oops!. It is 1,400. Fixed.

Re: the blame game, I would definitely pin most of it on the city. In fact, the city in its bid to attract Pfizer decided to create this ‘urban center’ hoping to boost its livability. I’m not sure how many incentives were offered to Pfizer to relocate here. Competition in the ;ocal economic development has often seen the race to the bottom by regions and cities with higher incentives and tax credits offered in order to get industry to relocate to their jurisdiction but rarely are conditions put forward to keep the industry there for a fixed amount of time. This may be necessary to recover their investment but often intense regional competition makes cities/states ignore such conditions. It is a risk as New London found out the hard way.

It requires nuanced debate which is not likely in today’s ‘balloon boy’ media.

]]> By: Parag http://urbanplanningblog.com/473/the-kelo-v-new-london-in-a-new-light/#comment-236 Parag Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:36:28 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2009/11/13/the-kelo-v-new-london-in-a-new-light/#comment-236 You mean 1400 jobs and not 14000, right? New London is already a tourist town. Due to its big port, there are cruise ships that come to town with lots of tourists every Summer. Creating the 'urban center' was New London's idea and they were trying cash in on Pfizer's presence in the area. Pfizer had built the facility on land acquired not through 'Eminent Domain' and had people working there before the eminent domain case about the neighborhood, came into picture. It makes a nice story of little guy fighting the hegemony of the government. Something that both Glenn Beck and Keith Olberman would have wet dreams about. :) You mean 1400 jobs and not 14000, right?

New London is already a tourist town. Due to its big port, there are cruise ships that come to town with lots of tourists every Summer. Creating the ‘urban center’ was New London’s idea and they were trying cash in on Pfizer’s presence in the area. Pfizer had built the facility on land acquired not through ‘Eminent Domain’ and had people working there before the eminent domain case about the neighborhood, came into picture.

It makes a nice story of little guy fighting the hegemony of the government. Something that both Glenn Beck and Keith Olberman would have wet dreams about. :)

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