Derek Neighbors » land development http://derekneighbors.com Musings of a Mad Man (@dneighbors) Mon, 14 May 2012 06:42:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mesa and Detroit.. The Next Movie Meccas? http://derekneighbors.com/2009/11/mesa-and-detroit-the-next-movie-meccas/ http://derekneighbors.com/2009/11/mesa-and-detroit-the-next-movie-meccas/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000 Derek Neighbors http://derekneighbors.com/?p=6419 Mesa city council recently approved a rezoning of 55 acres at Hawes and Germann roads for Gateway Studios.  Of course, it is convenient that Arizona has a significantly sized movie infrastructure tax credit.  If you ask me this whole thing reeks of land developers going for a quick handout.

I am all for bringing new economies into Metro Phoenix.  I am not sure that subsidization that is quite this heavy is the right approach.  It would be wonderful if this deal brought significant film production here, but I remain skeptical.  If it’s any consolation Detroit is doing a similar film incentive.  Have I mentioned before that “Incentives Kill Creativity?”  What are your thoughts?

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