Tax Structure Causes Suburban Sprawl
20 May 2001 - 11:00am
The city manager of Lynchburg, VA, says relying on development and tax revenue causes sprawl.
Virginia has two features that make suburban sprawl worse, [Kimball Payn, Lynchburg's new city manager] said. One is the separation of cities and counties; the other, and bigger problem, is its tax structure...That problem is tied to the tax structure, which relies on development to increase land value and tax revenue."
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The News & Observer, May 19, 2001
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