The Joplin Recovery Tax Increment Financing District that covers the disaster zone and downtown could be paid off in four to five years, as much as 13 years early at its current rate of growth, the ...

Business growth in a tax increment finance district formed by the city of Joplin after the 2011 tornado has performed so well that it likely will be closed out next year, 13 years early. If tax ...

Helen Burns Sharp, citizen activist who sued to try to stop a $9 million Black Creek Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and won, is seeking to have her legal expenses paid by the city and the developers.