Bartlett board approves TIF plan to fund safety upgrades and pursue Quail Ridge golf course acquisition

Bartlett’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve an economic‑impact plan tied to a city‑led tax‑increment financing (TIF) proposal intended to pay for corridor safety improvements, infrastructure to support the Union Depot First Edition development and the acquisition and preservation of Quail Ridge Golf Course as a public green space.

City staff and outside consultants presented the Public Safety and Green Space Preservation TIF during new business. Steve Sones, the city’s CEO, said the plan would allow the city to administer all TIF funds directly and use future increment generated by the Union Depot First Edition area to support safety and infrastructure projects rather than drawing on the city’s paving budget or selling bonds. "We will be reinvesting it to promote safety," Sones said.

Kim Taylor, the city’s director of planning, framed the proposal in the context of the Mid South Safety Action Plan, noting three of the city’s highest‑crash…