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10/2 hl1Hce&Commerce>Print>Counting construction jobs proves difficult <br /> Finance & Commerce http://finance-commerce.com <br /> Counting construction jobs proves difficult <br /> by Chris Newmarker <br /> Published: October 24th, 2012 <br /> Tracking the TIC` investment . <br /> Retail Development Housing Units Bushiest/Industrial Food/Hose Office Oilier <br /> CiiM <br /> C1K , NATN4 <br /> emu sAestemt <br /> mum 1 teak,,' '+� 'SNC a wIfIT smitog6f€'i <br /> ,isYGAl�.i;*r ` %" <br /> 12 r < <br /> tAtNHCfOWA <br /> isrt <br /> r [ �tt5 <br /> ate„ to fit . - ` <br /> Of MIT LAOS ,'- <br /> j CtOiX1 cggM4,:.ttat <br /> HRECON t <br /> fRC-CE <br /> N1 Ft <br /> Some cities kept track, but law didn't require it <br /> So how many hard-hat jobs did Minnesota's two-year"temporary authority to stimulate <br /> construction" actually create? <br /> Going by a formula used by the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, the number <br /> would be nearly 15,000. <br /> But it's unclear, for now, whether the $35.9 million in property taxes and $510.6 million in <br /> total public and private investment actually achieved that number. <br /> That's because many of the 35 cities polled by Finance & Commerce did not count construction <br /> jobs, or had incomplete or unverified numbers. Out of 76 projects 44 did not track <br /> construction numbers. <br /> f inance-commerce.com/wp-content/plugins/tdc-sociable-toolbar/wp-print.php?p=52338 1/3 <br />