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Belgrade economic development director outlines TIF work, brownfield grants and downtown priorities

2990468 · January 21, 2025
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Catherine King, Belgrade’s economic development director, updated the council on early work to implement the city’s urban renewal and TIF program, including brownfield grants, property-owner outreach and initial projects downtown.

Catherine King, the City of Belgrade’s new economic development director, briefed the council on the first months of the department’s work and outlined accomplishments and priorities tied to the city’s tax increment financing (TIF) district.

King said the department — staffed by one person and funded by the city’s urban renewal/TIF district — has launched a web page, hosted monthly public outreach meetings, secured brownfield grants to fund phase 1 and phase 2 environmental site assessments for the Hek and Qua buildings and properties the city expects to acquire via a land exchange, and met one-on-one with 50 TIF-area…

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