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...past year, Harvard has expressed a willingness to offer more. Harvard pays $4.3 million each year for its taxable land—sites where Harvard owns commercial businesses—and also makes a voluntary payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) of $1.7 million for the 189 acres of land it owns but uses for institutional, tax-exempt purposes...
...city’s current 20-year PILOT agreement was negotiated in 1990, but for the last several months, Harvard has been in talks with the city manager to strike a new deal. Both Stone and Sullivan say they expect an agreement to come soon, Sullivan predicting it will be in five or six months. The city is also negotiating a similar agreement with...
After a 15-minute ascent in the cramped six-person plane, the pilot levels off at 10,000 feet and looks for a two-mile stretch of cloudless sky through which Noonan can jump. When suitable sky is located, a professional skydiving instructor attaches himself to Noonan’s back with a network of straps and four metal clamps strong enough to tow a car. When Noonan says he’s ready, the instructor leans off the edge—and down they...
...University’s administration will be quick to point out, Harvard pays other taxes and has done much in the way of bringing prestige and business to Cambridge. And in Boston, much of its holdings still remain on the tax-rolls. But PILOT payments are a good investment in positive relations with our neighbors. Recent fights over Harvard development—including, notably, Harvard’s January decision to give up trying to build a tunnel under Cambridge Street—demonstrate that both the school and the city lose when politics turn ugly...
...coffers. But the tunnel served practical purposes for students and faculty, and the city of Cambridge could well have benefited from some of the negotiated proposals—if not the tunnel itself, which would have reduced some of the noise and bustle generated by busy academic centers. Increasing PILOT payments will demonstrate goodwill and help to mend fences in obvious need of repair...