Downtown Development Authority
Ada Township Downtown Development Authority
The Ada Township Downtown Development Authority is a downtown development authority of Ada Township in Kent County, Michigan.
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What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.
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5 found · 4 not found
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Not found: TIF package: board meeting minutes
Documents-On-Demand posts 2026 DDA minutes through March 27; the April 20, May 18 and June 15, 2026 meetings have none. The DDA page's packets were not opened, so they do not count yet (rubric decision 10b). Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
MCL 125.4910(1)(a) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: board meeting minutes
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Not found: TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances
The newest budget is "FY 22-23 DDA Adopted Budget"; none for FY2024 to FY2027.
MCL 125.4910(1)(b) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances
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Not found: TIF package: annual audits
The DDA page posts the FY2025 audit extract (year ended March 31, 2025); the township's Budgets & Financial Reports posts audits only through March 31, 2023, so FY2024 and FY2026 are missing (the window is the fiscal year in progress and the four before it (rubric decision 10a)).
MCL 125.4910(1)(c) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual audits
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Found: TIF package: development plan
The page links "Amended DDA Development Plan And Tax Increment Financing Plan 04 12 16".
MCL 125.4910(1)(d) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: development plan
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Found: TIF package: tax increment financing plan
The page links "Amended DDA Development Plan And Tax Increment Financing Plan 04 12 16".
MCL 125.4910(1)(e) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: tax increment financing plan
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Found: TIF package: staff contact information
DDA Director Kevin Austin, 616-920-7315, kaustin@adatownshipmi.com.
MCL 125.4910(1)(f) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: staff contact information
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Found: TIF package: list of current contracts
"DDA Current Contracts" lists four, each with its service.
MCL 125.4910(1)(g) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: list of current contracts
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Not found: TIF package: annual synopsis of activities
The newest report is the "2019 Ada DDA Year End Report"; "DDA Key Objectives Update Spring 2026" sets objectives rather than reporting a year's work.
MCL 125.4910(1)(h) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual synopsis of activities
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Found: TIF package: notices of the two yearly informational meetings
The page posts the packet for the "Semi-annual Informational Meeting" of April 20, 2026, and one for October 20, 2025.
MCL 125.4910(4) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: notices of the two yearly informational meetings
About
- Type
- Downtown Development Authority
- Part of
- Ada Township
- County
- Kent County
- Website
- — none found
- Notes
- Listed in Treasury Document Search as DDA #1, with no filings. Confirmed on its government's website (https://www.adamichigan.org/government/boards_commissions/downtown_development_authority/board_members.php), 2026-09-25.
Sources
Where this page's facts come from.
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Kent County public bodies: research notes
Open Government Project · 2026-09-24
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TIF authority package (W5a-W5i), Kent County
Open Government Project · read 2026-10-03