by Sanford Holshouser LLP | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
Arts and cultural community organizations are popping up in hometowns all across North Carolina. These organizations can stimulate economic development and community involvement while providing arts and cultural experiences for residents of all ages. Arts centers are...
by Bob Jessup | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
Happy New Year! As 2017 begins, we offer this list of items to keep in mind as you plan for new capital projects and manage your existing projects. Here are a few things to think about at least once a year: Local legislation. The General Assembly convenes January 11....
by Bob Jessup | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog
Under both North Carolina law and the relevant federal tax rules, you can generally use borrowed money only to pay for “capital costs” of a project. What’s a capital cost? The primary rule I quote to clients, which comes out of the tax regulations, is that a cost is a...
by Bob Jessup | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog
Many North Carolina local governments wrestle with how to fund those valued local nonprofits that are effectively doing good work in the community. There are a variety of approaches for annually funding operating expenses, but occasionally the question arises of how...
by Bob Jessup | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
We now have the official calendar for meetings of the Local Government Commission for 2017. We thought a table might be handy. Along with the meeting dates, this table shows the dates 28 days prior to the meeting, because generally the Commission staff wants a fairly...
by Bob Jessup | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog
In Part One of this series, we described factors, benefits and issues that have led to the growing debate over the extent to which a municipality should be able to become an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Wilson, North Carolina, has been a flashpoint in the conflict...
