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Resident urges new approach for Independence Square redevelopment after decades of tax incentives
Summary
A long-time resident told council that decades of TIFs, SIDs and redevelopment plans have not solved blight in Independence Square and urged the city to consider different strategies rather than repeated large investments.
A resident told the Independence City Council she believes nearly 42 years of tax incentives and redevelopment programs for Independence Square have not achieved the intended revitalization and urged council to consider different approaches.
Becky Hague of 10516 East 20 Sixth Terrace spoke during the citizens request time and reviewed a history of the squares redevelopment tools, including an Independence Square Special Business District ordinance she identified as ordinance 775; a 1984 blight study; a redevelopment plan she described as the…
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