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Residents and officials discuss TIF, sewer extensions and workforce training as ways to spur housing and industry
Summary
After an IDHA presentation, community members and city staff debated tools to speed housing supply: buy and service edge parcels, use TIF and enterprise-zone incentives, pursue state grants, and bolster trades training to expand the local construction workforce.
The focus-group meeting moved from presentation of housing data to a sustained discussion about how to make housing and commercial development feasible in Effingham. Participants and staff weighed tools such as tax increment financing (TIF), enterprise-zone incentives, targeted land acquisition, and grant-funded infrastructure to reduce developers’ upfront costs.
Several attendees argued the city must identify and prepare buildable parcels—edge-fill sites with existing sewer and water—so developers can…
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