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Downtown Development Authority

Cedar Springs Downtown Development Authority

Tax increment authorityKent County

The Cedar Springs Downtown Development Authority is a downtown development authority of City of Cedar Springs in Kent County, Michigan.

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  • Found: TIF package: board meeting minutes

    The Meetings & Minutes Library posts DDA minutes for every meeting held in the past 12 months (December 15, 2025 to July 20, 2026) and for every year back to 2017. 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

  • Not found: TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances

    No DDA budget is posted; the page says "budgetary decisions ... are available both in the DDA's Agendas and by request". Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(b) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances

  • Not found: TIF package: annual audits

    Treasury shows no audit of the DDA's own, so the city's counts (rubric decision 10c), but the city's newest posted audit is for the year ended June 30, 2024; FY2025's was due December 31, 2025. Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(c) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual audits

  • Found: TIF package: development plan

    "The Cedar Springs DDA's Tax Increment Financing and Development Plan can be read ... here" (the 2017 plan). Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(d) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: development plan

  • Found: TIF package: tax increment financing plan

    "The Cedar Springs DDA's Tax Increment Financing and Development Plan can be read ... here" (the 2017 plan). Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(e) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: tax increment financing plan

  • Found: TIF package: staff contact information

    "You can contact the City Manager at manager@ciyofcedarsprings.org" (the address is misspelled on the page), or the city's contact form. Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(f) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: staff contact information

  • Found: TIF package: list of current contracts

    "The DDA does not currently have any ongoing contracts for service with any outside organization"; it pays the city's DPW for snow removal. Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(g) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: list of current contracts

  • Not found: TIF package: annual synopsis of activities

    No synopsis or annual report on the DDA's page, the Important Information/Documents page or the document library. Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    MCL 125.4910(1)(h) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: annual synopsis of activities

  • Found: TIF package: notices of the two yearly informational meetings

    The page posts a public notice of informational meetings with the regular meetings of January 26 and March 30, 2026. Read page by page in the built-in browser: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.

    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
Website
— none found
Notes
Created 1990.

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

  • Kent County public bodies: research notes

    Open Government Project · 2026-09-24

  • TIF authority package (W5a-W5i), Kent County

    Open Government Project · read 2026-10-03

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

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