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Hillsdale TIFA review committee outlines downtown revitalization goals, lists heated sidewalks and ADA upgrades among priorities
Summary
The Hillsdale Tax Increment Finance Authority Review Committee met Feb. 3 and set priorities to stem downtown decline, including district-wide projects such as downtown snow removal, heated sidewalks, ADA-compliant sidewalk funding, parking improvements and placemaking work; no formal votes were recorded.
The Hillsdale Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA) Review Committee met Feb. 3, 2026, at Hillsdale City Hall and reviewed materials provided by committee member Andrew Gelzer as it set a preliminary work plan focused on downtown revitalization.
Committee members said their overall goal is to slow the "erosion of the District" and make the downtown more attractive to businesses. To that end they listed several potential district-wide initiatives: regularly funded downtown snow removal, projects intended to benefit multiple properties rather than single buildings, heated sidewalks, assistance funding ADA-compliant sidewalks for businesses, and steps to address parking needs.
Members also discussed broader placemaking questions: defining the city—s identity in the downtown, conducting individual building studies, initiatives to draw customers back into storefronts and aesthetic improvements to the business district. The meeting record does not attribute these specific proposals to individual members beyond noting that the committee reviewed documents supplied by Andrew Gelzer.
No motions or formal votes are recorded in the minutes. The committee adjourned at 8:45 a.m. and scheduled its next meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at 7:30 a.m., when members plan to review the TIFA Development Plan and a Placemaking Study.
