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Main Street Board highlights $1 million Town Square donation, reviews TIF goals and downtown projects
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Main Street Board reviewed a biannual DDA informational update showing TIF-plan goals, near-term projects including Town Square utility work and North Winter Street housing discussions, and said it secured a $1,000,000 donation for Town Square.
The Main Street Board on July 9 received its required biannual DDA informational update and was told the downtown TIF plan — created in 1990 and amended in 2020 and again in February 2025 — will continue to guide redevelopment and programming.
Jay, Main Street director, summarized the TIF plan’s goals as efforts to “build enhancing character and charm of Downtown Adrian,” promote downtown as a regional destination, foster public-private redevelopment partnerships and strengthen access within the downtown area. He said the plan documents are available on the DDA and city websites.
The board heard several near-term projects the DDA is advancing. Jay said Town Square has begun deconstruction and utility work on Maiden Lane and that the organization has secured a $1,000,000 donation for the Town Square project. He described progress on a downtown bike loop and the Winter Street streetscape (plans are roughly 90–95% complete, with a few utility conflicts to resolve), early conversations with consultants and developers about housing on North Winter Street (the Telegram properties), and ongoing discussions regarding waterfront properties currently held by Citizens Gas.
Jay framed the housing and waterfront conversations as potential transformational changes for downtown density and activity but emphasized that initial developer conversations are exploratory. He told the board the DDA completed a TIF amendment earlier this year and continues to coordinate work with Michigan Main Street on strategic planning and equitable entrepreneurial initiatives.
Board members asked procedural and cost-related questions about projects and were directed to the design and development committees for further review. No formal votes on capital projects were taken at the session; the DDA update was presented as information in an informational meeting required by PA 57 of 2018.
Votes at a glance: the board approved routine meeting business during the session by voice vote — the agenda, the annual and regular meeting minutes from June 11, and the financial reports were accepted into the record (voice votes; exact counts not specified). The meeting adjourned after committee reports and public comment.
