Tax increment funding for downtown hotel sewer repairs
Summary
The URD's first infrastructure grant sends about $372,000 in tax increment financing toward sewer work for a luxury hotel project. Supporters say it upgrades century-old utilities for nine properties; critics say the hotel would be built anyway and TIF should fund flood mitigation instead.
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Last discussed May 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $372,265 in URD grant funds, reimbursed only after the hotel receives its certificate of occupancy.
The hotel developer plus nine neighboring properties that can connect to the new gravity-fed sewer line.
Critics argue taxpayers foot the bill for a private luxury development without clear public benefit.
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