Community Improvement District

A Community Improvement District is a special purpose district whose property owners voluntarily tax themselves to fund public improvements or services to support the community and promote economic development

A stormwater incentive program is a tool for communities to encourage developers, homeowners, businesses, etc. to incorporate stormwater best practices into new developments or redevelopments in order to meet runoff or pollutant reduction goals.

Environmental Incentives or Pay-for-Performance

Environmental incentives, or Pay-for-Performance, is an economic incentive program that links payment to measurable outcomes. Environmental incentives focus on project effectiveness not the lowest-cost.

Each year the US Forest Service encourages collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes through the Landscape Scale Restoration Grant.

Neighborhood Improvement District

A Neighborhood Improvement District is a special taxing district whose property owners voluntarily tax themselves to fund public improvements or services to support the community. 

A Soil and Water Conservation Subdistrict may be formed to carry out watershed protection and flood prevention programs.

Credits are given to property owners who reduce their property’s stormwater runoff. Some programs allow credits to be sold or traded to other property owners.