Downtown Development Authority
Cascade Township Downtown Development Authority
The Cascade Township Downtown Development Authority is a downtown development authority of Cascade Charter 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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Not found: TIF package: board meeting minutes
Minutes are posted for 2022 to 2025 and most 2026 meetings, but the May 19, 2026 meeting has an agenda and packet and no minutes.
MCL 125.4910(1)(a) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: board meeting minutes
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Found: TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances
The DDA's Financials page sends readers to the township's Financial Reports for its budget, which the Township Board adopts; the township posts budgets for 2022 to 2026.
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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Found: TIF package: annual audits
"The DDA's financial statements are included in the Township's audited financial statements as a component unit"; the township posts its audited reports for 2022 to 2025.
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 "Development & TIF Plan".
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 "Development & TIF Plan".
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 Staff: Ryan Sennett, DDA Manager, (616) 949-1500, rsennett@cascadetwp.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
"Contracts & Services" lists five current contracts with what each provides.
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
"Tax Increment Financing Act 57 Annual Reports" run to 2021; the May 2026 informational meeting slides were not opened, and no synopsis for 2025 was found.
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 2026 list posts an agenda for the July 21, 2026 DDA informational meeting; the DDA page links slides from the May 19, 2026 one.
MCL 125.4910(4) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: notices of the two yearly informational meetings
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Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year
Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, MCL 141.421 et seq.; MCL 141.921
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Audit filed on time
Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921
About
- Type
- Downtown Development Authority
- Part of
- Cascade Charter Township
- County
- Kent County
- Website
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Codes
- Michigan Treasury unit code
- 417513
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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Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units
Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24
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TIF authority package (W5a-W5i), Kent County
Open Government Project · read 2026-10-03