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Sunbury council opens public hearing on Woodland Lake TIF to fund Four Winds Drive extension
Summary
City officials held a public hearing on a proposed tax increment financing incentive district for the Woodland Lake mixed‑use project to reimburse a developer for a road extension; county commissioners and the local fire district raised concerns about the TIF terms and exemptions.
Sunbury Mayor Mary St. John opened a public hearing May 21 to consider an ordinance creating a tax increment financing (TIF) incentive district to support the Woodland Lake mixed‑use development and to finance an extension of Four Winds Drive.
City Administrator Daryl Hennessy told council the Woodland Lake site, annexed to Sunbury on Oct. 16, 2024, received planned residential and commercial zoning on Jan. 8, 2025, and that the developer, Wilcox Communities, needs certain public infrastructure—primarily the Four Winds Drive extension—to proceed. Hennessy said the developer expects to work with the Delaware County Finance Authority to borrow funds to build the road and be reimbursed with future TIF revenues.
The ordinance under consideration would declare the specified infrastructure a public purpose and exempt improvements within the proposed incentive district from real‑property…
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