But any conversation that belittles the contamination problem, cost challenges and urgent need for flood mitigation, or ignores the requirements of tax-increment financing, is not likely to be very productive, he said.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/gadsden-creek-case-is-appealed-with-hope-of-preserving-the-tidal-channel/article_a2f26922-cddb-11ed-b43b-537a941db4b4.html

Gillespie, an admitted skeptic of her own bill, has said she filed it so that it could be part of a larger conversation about her long-sought reforms to tax-increment financing.

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230222/three-school-districts-select-lobbyist-to-fight-bears-legislation

Tax breaks including city tax-increment financing had been used to lure stores like Whole Foods, Save A Lot and Walmart.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2023/8/11/23826154/supermarkets-food-access-desert-grocers-stores-walmart-whole-foods-target