“A new Arizona law allows developers to build infrastructure but tax themselves to pay for it, a novel approach to economic development that the state thinks will catch on in towns throughout Arizona. Scottsdale is hoping to use the law to gussy up a one-mile stretch of abandoned car dealerships.”

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