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Urbana enterprise zone supported 58 residential builds in 2025, including a 24‑home Hope Village, administrator says
Summary
Enterprise-zone administrator Hillary Ortiz told the advisory board that 2025 activity included 58 residential projects worth about $21.76 million and a 24‑home Hope Village tiny‑home community for medically fragile adults; three commercial projects received sales tax exemptions and the city reported $62.23 million in EAV growth since 2014.
Hillary Ortiz, executive assistant for community development and enterprise zone administrator for the City of Urbana, told the Enterprise Zone Advisory Board that the enterprise zone supported 58 new residential projects in calendar year 2025, representing about $21,760,000 in project costs.
Ortiz said the residential total included 57 single‑family homes and a 24‑home tiny‑home component of the Hope Village initiative, a tiny‑home community being developed to provide stable permanent housing and on‑site support for medically fragile adults at high risk of homelessness. "Each home…
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