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Battle Creek planners present LDDA/TIF corridor plan to boost housing, transit and flood resilience
Summary
City planners presented an LDDA/TIF development plan for the Beckley Road corridor that would promote housing infill, daylight a buried creek, add park space and pursue placemaking and transit improvements. The plan includes outreach results and a fiscal analysis estimating modest net tax revenue from redevelopment.
City officials heard a detailed presentation Nov. 18 on a proposed Local Development Finance Authority (LDDA) and tax-increment financing (TIF) plan aimed at the Beckley Road commercial corridor and surrounding neighborhoods.
Eric Kho, senior planner with Progressive, told the commission the plan grows out of a subarea study and master-plan amendment and large-scale public engagement. "We were able to get in touch with over 3,000 community members. Two thousand of them responded to a digital survey or provided comments," Kho said, outlining six focus-group interviews, three pop-up events, two open houses and a walking audit in the study area.
The presentation identified a set of physical constraints — excessive surface parking, private roads in poor condition, limited…
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