Category: Blog

It’s not a secret that nearly half of Boston’s land area is tax-exempt. What does not get as much attention is that government owns over three-quarters of all exempt land in Boston at 78.7% of the total – with the Commonwealth holding the largest portion at 48%.

Boston’s legacy costs ranked second lowest as a % of spending among 32 U.S. cities. There are many factors that come into play and having a low % is not necessarily good.

Boston’s PILOT program reaches $32.4M after an aggressive 5-year ramp up to standardize the program. Read more>

City Council approved the ordinance creating the 9-member CPC and establishing its responsibilities. First on the to do list is to establish the structure and process for receiving, evaluating and approving proposals for the use of CPA funds. Read more>