Category Archives: economic development

Town of 10,000 Tries Redevelopment. Includes Eminent Domain. Lawsuit on Horizon.

A small town redevelopment effort to revitalize vacant industrial property surprised city council members when it was revealed that the Institute for Justice is interested in the issue. 

The Institute for Justice represents land owners who are facing condemnation or forefeiture of their property. 

The Mount Airy News | Eminent domain issue sparks legal threat

No Eminent Domain Use unless Employer Stays| UPDATE to City to Use Eminent Domain to Retain an Employer

On Friday, Ocotber 23, 2015 St. Louis aldermen voted to approve eminent domain to retain a geospatial “spy agency” in St. Louis. 

  • In a vote of 19-5, they voted to use eminent domain against 19 properties
  • The city won’t use eminent domain unless it is chose for the $1.6 Billion development for the “spy agency”

St.Louis Post-Dispatch | Eminent domain gets the OK so St. Louis can try to keep spy agency

What city is trying to retain an employer by using eminent domain?

St. Louis may lose…

Campaign: I am Only for Eminent Domain When it is used to Create Jobs.

In a Fox News Interview with Chris Wallace, Donald Trump clarified his position on eminent domain by saying:

  • “I’m only for eminent domainwhen it is used to create jobs.”
  • “…eminent domain is something you need.”
  • ” I think that would have been a good eminent domain because you would have provided thousands of jobs. And this is a woman who couldn’t have cared less about her house. All she wanted was money.”
  • On Keystone Pipeline he says:
    • “That’s a big economic development. But remember…

Public Use Question Stops Land Development on Unanimous Vote. 3 Reasons Why.

  • Does a development project, that receives, some public financing qualify the entity to use eminent domain in Arkansas?
    • No one at the Little Rock Tech Park Authority knew for sure.
    • But, a former elected official, of the Democrat persuasion, put of staunch resistance to eminent domain authority
  • What’s the problem for them with using eminent domain? 
    • Costs more money to use eminent domain than to negotiate
    • Any time spent in court fighting over eminent domain costs the project time and…

Eminent Domain Campaign Kerfuffle Growing. 3 Points to Know Now.

  1. As a Florida state legislator, Rubio chaired a special commitee on Florida’s eminent domain laws.
  2. Rubio wrote the Florida eminent laws which he says protect private property, prevent eminent doamin for economic development & were awarded an A by the Castle Coalition.
  3. On Fox News on Tuesday, Trump called eminent domain “a wonderful thing”

Rubio took to Hot Air to respond, and the response is spreading. 

Roll Call | Rubio, Trump Begin to Spar Over Eminent Domain

International Business…

2nd Presidential Candidate Jumps on Anti-Eminent Domain Train. 3 Eminent Domain Proposals He Supports.

This week Marco Rubio joined Rand Paul in attacking Donald Trump’s view that eminent doamin is “a wonderful thing.”

Rubio touted his legislative work to support private property rights, including:

  • Private Property protections in statute and as constitutional amendment
  • Eminent Domain statutes should disallow transfer of property after it has been condemned to another private property owner
  • Private developers should not benefit from eminent domain

Weekly Standard | Rubio Hits Trump on…

Stadium Building Led to Eminent Domain Lawsuit filed by City. City Issues Economic Development Press Release.

Washington DC is building a new MLS stadium. MLS is futbol –the world’s football. It’s played with a round ball, not a pointed oblong shaped object.

To build the MLS stadium, it needed to aquire land. Acquiring land isn’t always easy, and at times requires eminent domain.

To move forward with eminent domain, the city filed suit against land owners. The city then issued a press release that said the stadium will:

  • transform a neighborhood
  • generate hundreds of new jobs

DC.gov |  District…

City to Use Eminent Domain to Retain an Employer

What city is trying to retain an employer by using eminent domain?

St. Louis may lose the company that does super secret geo-spatial work for the US Military.

What impact will the acquisition of property have on property owners?

If St. Louis chooses to use eminent domain, it could foreseeably impact a developer & 19 other property owners. 

What is the economic impact of the business to St. Louis?

3,000 jobs & 2.4 million in tax revenue

KPLR 11: St. Louis city may use eminent domain…