Joshua Vincent

[2006]

Joshua Vincent has been a Researcher/Executive Assistant with the Center since 1994 and its President since August, 1997. Vincent has worked pro bono and as a paid consultant to over 40 municipalities, counties, NGOs and national governments. In his role, Vincent works with tax departments and elected officials in restructuring their taxation to a land-based system. Approximately 40% of Vincent's time is spent on the road, delivering reports to cities, attending conferences and seminars on urban and tax affairs and educating interested officials in land value taxation.

Vincent has published many articles ranging from professional municipal publications to environmental journals. Vincent was instrumental in helping Allentown, Pa. structure and adopt a city charter change that overhauled the city's tax system with an emphasis on land value taxation.

Through lectures, research, and publications, Vincent has helped make land value taxation a prominent facet of the new breed of non-dependant, city-originated economic development and tax reform, as well as a notable aspect of "green" solutions to sprawl.