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I I Do Similar Projects Appendix III lists the relevant projects as well as the size of jurisdiction of TA's clients. TA staff have worked in such North Carolina communities as Raleigh, Salisbury, Nags Head, and currently, Currituck County. Howard County, Maryland The TA personnel were heavily involved in the Howard County General Plan. As previously noted, the APA national award for best comprehensive plan was given to the Howard County General Plan. In addition to market, economic and fiscal considerations, other factors included preservation of open space, housing affordability, accessibility as well as economic development. In addition to the technical studies, there were implementation strategies recommended for achieving the various factors considered. A subsequent study compared the fiscal results in Howard County using an average cost approach prepared for the State of Maryland, versus the case study-marginal cost approach utilized by TA. The TA study indicated that the use of average costs and revenues led to distorted results. Little Rock, Arkansas This City is much like a County since it doubled its size through annexation in the last decade. As such it is the major player in the metropolitan area and exhibits many characteristics of a county. In this study, TA was the prime consultant in conducting technical studies to help the Little Rock visioning program. This program was titled FUTURE-Little Rock. Among the work products TA prepared were a definition of the land use scenarios to evaluate. The scenarios were developed with an advisory committee composed of public and private sector representatives. The next product defined the five subareas or fiscal analysis zones to be used in the analysis, including both urban and rural areas. The third product was the level of service and cost and revenue factor document This document was based on interviews with City department heads and other staff. In it, operating costs, capital costs, and revenues varied by the five fiscal analysis zones. A fiscal impact model was then designed for the City which reflected this case study-marginal cost approach. A fiscal impact report was also prepared. This report documented the costs of disinvestment in the older sections of central and eastern Little Rock. To our knowledge, this was the first fiscal analysis of disinvestment. Another report discussed how to enable low and moderate income residents to improve their access to home mortgages. TA also issued a report entitled, "Revitalization - Examples and Techniques," which discussed successful downtown and neighborhood improvement programs throughout the country. Our final report discussed strategies to implement the various goals and objectives selected by the FUTURE-Little Rock committee. An implementation plan was 3 Tischler & Associates, Inc.