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UGA forecast: Augusta economy to continue limping

...1.Local governments ? like the federal government ? will continue to shrink their payrolls as depressed real-estate values weaken property-tax collections.The state government has already cut more than 6,000 jobs, however, and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-29/uga-forecast-augusta-econo
Someone's taking chainsaw to Savannah trees

...This is a public tree," Flemming said. "It belongs to the citizens of Savannah. The value of the tree in real estate value and in terms of (positive environmental impact) contributes to the city. On a hot day like today, even the shade...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-06-02/someones-taking-chainsaw-sav
A ruinous economic crisis is coming

...they want to hear! Only they have the magic bullet solution to curb rampant unemployment, inflation and declining real-estate values, and to stimulate the economy. But we have been living beyond our means for the past 20 years!Discretionary...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2011-09-30/ruinous-economic-crisis-
Rants & Raves

...Augusta tax appraisal from Aiken County. They say that real estate values went up. The appraisal on my house went up $10...last year in North Augusta. Everyone knows that real estate values haven't gone up. How does Aiken County justify...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-11-10/rants-amp-raves
Georgia, S. Carolina among 16 education grant finalists

...a roughly $1 billion shortfall, including a $778 million reduction in local property taxes because of falling real estate values. The rest is due mainly to increased enrollment from an influx of Haitian children displaced by the earthquake there...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2010-03-04/georgia-s-carolina-among-
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Georgia Bank & Trust's holding company reports quarterly, annual loss

...foreclosed commercial property and undeveloped lots was outside of Augusta, primarily in Atlanta and Savannah where real estate values have been plummeting."This more aggressive strategy resulted in larger losses in the short term in order to strengthen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2010-02-01/georgia-ban
Local Business | Business | Latest News
Banking company reports loss in 4th quarter

...foreclosed commercial property and undeveloped lots was outside Augusta, primarily in Atlanta and Savannah, where real estate values have been plummeting."This more aggressive strategy resulted in larger losses in the short term in order to strengthen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2010-02-01/banking-com
Local Business | Business
States facing more budget woes

...collection lagged. - Many fiscally conservative states pledged not to raise taxes, leaving them with few options. - Real estate values and home sales plunged. - Unemployment has taken a toll on personal income tax collections. WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/04/met_561902.shtml
Metro
Taxable values decline in 2009

...values to comparable properties. Earlier this year, Mr. Hicks reported a $24 million net gain in the taxable real estate value, but at that point he hadn't yet tallied personal property, which includes motor vehicles, mobile homes, aircraft...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/02/met_529595.shtml
Metro
Handle Thurmond Lake levels differently

...S. Army Corps of Engineers thinks it acceptable for everyone with property at the lake to forfeit fortunes in real estate values so the city of Augusta doesn't have to apply engineering skills to obtain safe water supplies and dispose of waste...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/08/25/let_470750.shtml
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