Redevelopment authority proposed for Detroit/Wayne County
A plan to establish redevelopment authority for Detroit and Wayne County was announced by a Kalamazoo state senator. The organization would make it easier for the city to redevelop vacant land.Excerpt:A Kalamazoo state senator has proposed the creation of a Detroit/Wayne
County redevelopment authority to help the city and county redevelop
tax-reverted properties. Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, announced the plan during a press conference in Detroit Thursday. He
said the plan would grant powers beyond those typically given to land
banks; permitting investment in public infrastructure such as lighting,
curbing, and landscaping; putting affordable housing on a level playing
field with commercial redevelopment by enabling the redevelopment
authority to waive its tax capture on housing parcels; designation of
urban agricultural zones; and empowering the authority to rezone
parcels in its possession if necessary to return parcels to productive
use.Read the entire article here.Listen to a Michigan Radio piece about the same subject here.
A plan to establish redevelopment authority for Detroit and Wayne
County was announced by a Kalamazoo state senator. The organization
would make it easier for the city to redevelop vacant land.
Excerpt:
A Kalamazoo state senator has proposed the creation of a Detroit/Wayne
County redevelopment authority to help the city and county redevelop
tax-reverted properties.
Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, announced the plan during a press conference in Detroit Thursday.
He
said the plan would grant powers beyond those typically given to land
banks; permitting investment in public infrastructure such as lighting,
curbing, and landscaping; putting affordable housing on a level playing
field with commercial redevelopment by enabling the redevelopment
authority to waive its tax capture on housing parcels; designation of
urban agricultural zones; and empowering the authority to rezone
parcels in its possession if necessary to return parcels to productive
use.
Read the entire article here.
Listen to a Michigan Radio piece about the same subject here.
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