Financial Aspects of Planning

Gain an understanding of how planning decisions impact the economic feasibility of a proposed project for the public agency and developer.  Learn how money flows into a governmental agency, what they can or can’t do to increase that flow and how debt fits into the whole equation.

Topics in this course include:

• Fiscal impact analysis and its importance
• Local government revenues
• Public debt and its alternatives
• Fiscal and financial analysis and how they fit into the planning process
• A developer's perspective of how planning decisions affect the bottom line 
• The balance between the goals and objectives of public and private-sector participants

Approximately 40 hours of study and full attendance to all course meetings are required.