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Roscommon County approves Creekside Meadows Brownfield plan to support 149-unit housing project
Summary
The Roscommon County Board adopted a Brownfield plan to enable tax-increment financing (TIF) for a proposed 149-unit residential project (30 units targeting up to 120% area median income); consultant said state changes allow housing projects to qualify as eligible Brownfield activity.
The Roscommon County Board of Commissioners voted May 27 to adopt Resolution 2026-05-01 approving the Creekside Meadows Brownfield Plan, a tax-increment-financing (TIF) tool intended to support development of up to 149 residential units in the Village of Roscommon, with 30 units targeted toward residents earning up to 120% of Roscommon County’s area median income. The board approved the resolution by roll call.
Mac McCullough, the Brownfield plan consultant, said the law now permits housing to be Brownfield-eligible and that the tool is intended to reimburse infrastructure costs — notably sewer and a lift station — over time. "It's one of the most powerful tools that I've seen to be able to do that, to write down the rents and the cost for workforce housing," McCullough said, describing state tax capture and local concurrence steps the plan followed.
The resolution cites the Michigan Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act (Act 381 of 1996) and notes the plan estimates captured taxable value, outlines eligible costs, and proposes private financing arranged by Redstone Group. McCullough told commissioners the Brownfield authority, township and village had reviewed and concurred with the plan and that the project relies on future increment capture — there are no upfront county dollars proposed for the authority.
Several members of the public questioned the Brownfield designation during the hearing. Village resident Dan Fishall said he had lived near the site for more than five decades and could not recall pollution there, asking, "How could this be brownfield?" McCullough responded that the Brownfield definition now includes housing and functionally obsolete properties, not only contaminated sites, and that a development/reimbursement agreement will set the conditions under which capture is reimbursed.
The board adopted the resolution at the meeting’s public session. The county’s next steps include finalizing any developer agreements and continuing required statutory notifications to taxing jurisdictions.
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