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Consultants kick off DDA strategic-planning workshop; emphasis on roles, TIF and Main Street framework

5920820 · June 19, 2025
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Giffels Webster and consultant Nate Geiser led a strategic-planning workshop at the June 18 meeting, outlining DDA roles, tax increment financing basics and next steps for a five-year strategy; staff will work with consultants on public engagement and draft materials for a follow-up meeting.

Consultants from Giffels Webster and Nate Geiser of Double Haul Solutions led a strategic-planning workshop for the Clawson Downtown Development Authority on June 18, focusing on DDA roles and responsibilities, tax increment financing (TIF) basics and the Main Street four-point approach.

“Before you leave today, I want you to write your top three priorities on those sticky notes for the DDA,” Nate Geiser said during the session, which the presenters shortened because the full-day schedule was not being used. Geiser outlined expectations for board…

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