#publicinput

[subsidystadium]

Port St. Lucie leaders want to build a soccer stadium at the last second

Port St. Lucie is making headlines with plans for a new soccer stadium, but the timing raises questions! 🏟️⚽️ City council members are pushing for an $80 million stadium to host a future USL team, with a projected seating capacity of 6,000. While the developer, Ebenezer Stadium Construction, will cover construction costs, $27.5 million will come from taxpayers over 20 years via a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district. Many locals are concerned about the lack of public input and transparency leading up to this proposal, revealed just days before the vote! 🤔💬 Critics worry that TIF districts often fail to deliver on promised economic benefits and can drain funds from essential services like education. What do you think? Is this stadium a step towards growth or a risky move for taxpayers? Let us know your thoughts! 💭👇

[ifindtaxpro]

IRS Appeals Office Seeks Ideas to Improve Tax Dispute Conferences

The agency is looking for public input to better serve taxpayers who don’t live near an appeals office. The IRS Independent Office of Appeal

[ferndalemoves]

Design, remix, and share your neighborhood street - all in your browser! Add trees or bike paths, widen sidewalks or traffic lanes, learn how your decisions can impact your community. Then share it!

[shareabouts]

Georgia Tires Map Georgia State University, Geospatial Laboratories

This map is used by local Georgia communities to collect data on the location of tires illegally dumped in their neighborhoods. Illegally dumped tires pose a public health threat and can become breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes and rodents.

http://www.gatires.org

[shareabouts]

Mount Ranier Community Map Mount Ranier Community Council

There's a lot going on in the neighborhood. This map by the Community Council asks citizens where their greatest local public spaces are, and where we can do better. 

Every resident is a local expert! 

http://mountrainier-gretabyrum.dotcloud.com/

[shareabouts]

CRASH Stories Transportation Alternatives

This map is a record of incidents in New York City where vehicle drivers have endangered pedestrians, bicyclists and other drivers.

It was created for people like you to report about any crashes or "near-misses" that you witnessed or happened to you, whether just now, recently or in the past.

http://www.crashstories.org/