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Committee adopts 2026 operating plans and trends report for Milwaukee BIDs and NIDs

Milwaukee Common Council Community Economic Development Committee · October 22, 2025

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Summary

The committee approved a resolution accepting the Department of City Development's 2026 operating plans and trends report for Business Improvement Districts (30 active BIDs) and Neighborhood Improvement Districts (10 active NIDs), reviewing assessment totals and program highlights.

Milwaukee's Department of City Development presented the 2026 operating plans and trends report for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Neighborhood Improvement Districts (NIDs), and the Community Economic Development Committee adopted the resolution.

Matt Rejic, neighborhood business development administrator, and Sally Spedic reviewed program activity across the city: 10 active NIDs (assessed residential and commercial units; average residential assessment approximately $50 per unit) and 30 active BIDs (assess commercial properties). Rejic and Spedic highlighted NID and BID programming such as bioswale maintenance, summer music series, youth and cultural events, home-repair legacy grants and small-business pitch programs.

The presenters said NID assessments dispersed in early 2025 totaled just over $1.1 million and BID assessments totaled nearly $12 million in 2025; without downtown figures, BID averages adjust (just over $230,000). The committee discussed challenges including conversion of commercial to residential uses (which can remove properties from BID assessments under state statute) and collaborative events across districts.

Alderman Jackson moved for adoption of the resolution; the motion was recorded as passed by unanimous consent with no objection.

Why it matters: BIDs and NIDs provide financing for neighborhood marketing, safety, beautification, placemaking and small-business supports; adopting operating plans authorizes district programs for the coming year.

Ending: The committee placed the operating plans on file through the adopted resolution and thanked the Department of City Development for the trends report; staff will publish the full report online.