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Blue Ribbon Committee presents housing strategy; consultants recommend zoning review, incentives and an "invest-ready" pilot

5817936 · September 22, 2025
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Consultants for the mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee presented a package of recommendations to speed development and expand affordable housing, including approval-process flowcharts, an incentive toolkit, preapproved building plans and a proposed 'invest-ready communities' pilot.

Consultants from the Veridis Group and Civitas Strategies updated the Evansville Common Council on Sept. 22 about findings and next steps from the mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on housing and development.

Andrea Kissel of the Veridis Group introduced the consultants and noted the team has worked with the committee and Mayor Terry to identify barriers and opportunities for housing and economic development. Jack Woods and Pete Olson described a multi-part proposal that includes: publicly posted flowcharts clarifying the development-approval process; a 15-tool incentive toolkit covering standard and less-common…

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