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Council gives green light to include TIF incentive in RFP for 20‑acre former Dascese site

Crookston City Council · March 17, 2026
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Summary

Councilors agreed March 16 to include tax‑increment financing as a potential incentive in an RFP for a developer to build roughly 35–45 single‑family units on a 20‑acre former Dascese property. Staff provided a TIFF analysis that showed incremental tax capacity and a financing scenario developers use to underwrite projects.

Crookston City Council on March 16 gave staff consensus to include tax‑increment financing (TIF) as an incentive in a forthcoming request for proposals (RFP) for a 20‑acre former Dascese property the city holds under a purchase option.

Taylor Wyom, the city’s community development director, said the site lies just north of Memorial Drive and could accommodate roughly…

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