How Should Lakeshore Measure Whether Growth Pays for Itself?
Quick answer: Compare the new municipal revenues associated with growth against the full additional cost of serving it, including up-front infrastructure, debt or reserve use, operations, maintenance, and eventual asset replacement.
What variables matter?
Density, land-use mix, existing capacity, development charges, property assessment, outside funding, service standards, and the timing of construction can all change the result. There is no single rule that growth always raises or always lowers taxes.
How this relates to Sam Sinjari’s platform
The Growth Sequencing Map and Capital Projects Dashboard are intended to make the relationship between growth, capacity, timing, and capital spending easier to follow.
Research basis: Ladd (1994); Bonet & Fretes Cibils (2013); additional population and infrastructure research on local fiscal effects.