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Planning board finds Myrtle Grove redevelopment plan in conformance, urges commissioners to review TIF capture rate
Summary
The Escambia County Planning Board voted 5-1 to recommend the Myrtle Grove redevelopment plan as conforming to the comprehensive plan and asked the Board of County Commissioners to consider adjusting the tax increment financing (TIF) capture rate to increase funds available for projects.
The Escambia County Planning Board on Aug. 5 voted 5-1 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the Myrtle Grove Redevelopment Plan, a 30-year plan covering 1,529.73 acres and 3,746 parcels identified by county staff as a blighted area in need of targeted investment.
Max Rogers, development program manager with the Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), presented the plan and supporting data. Rogers said Myrtle Grove is 82.3% residential and that a windshield housing condition survey found 19.1% of homes in "poor or worse" condition. He also said median household and per-capita incomes in Myrtle Grove are substantially lower than the county average, with a…
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