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Grand Rapids SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority

Tax increment authorityKent County

The Grand Rapids SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority is a local development finance authority of City of Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan.

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  • Found: TIF package: board meeting minutes

    Every meeting held in the past 12 months has minutes on the iqm2 calendar, and each year back to July 2022 has them (November 13, 2024 has none; September 9, 2026 is inside the latest two months). Read in the built-in browser, one page a minute: the iqm2 portal does not answer the project's user agent.

    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

    Budgets are listed for FY2027 and FY2017 to FY2024; none for FY2025 or FY2026.

    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

    No audit is posted, and the page does not say the authority is audited inside the city's report (it has a Treasury unit code of its own).

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

  • Not found: TIF package: development plan

    The page's only "amended and restated" link is the SmartZone agreement with the MEDC, not a plan; no development plan is posted, and a web search found none. Read in the built-in browser, one page a minute: the iqm2 portal does not answer the project's user agent.

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

  • Not found: TIF package: tax increment financing plan

    The page's only "amended and restated" link is the SmartZone agreement with the MEDC, not a plan; no TIF plan is posted, and a web search found none. Read in the built-in browser, one page a minute: the iqm2 portal does not answer the project's user agent.

    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

    Staff Contact: Jordan Turner, jturner@grcity.us.

    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

    Contracts lists the MEDC agreement, incubation services with Start Garden and Spartan Innovations, the Holland SmartZone satellite, Conquer Accelerator, Spartan Innovations' gateway services, Michigan House and The Right Place, each with a description.

    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 page; a web search of the site found none.

    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 2026 meeting schedule (opened) marks the January 14 and September 9, 2026 meetings "Informational meeting to precede regular meeting", under MCL 125.4910(4). The September 9 meeting was later canceled.

    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

  • Audit filed on time

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921

About

Type
Local Development Finance Authority
Website
— none found

Codes

Michigan Treasury unit code
417521

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

  • Kent County public bodies: research notes

    Open Government Project · 2026-09-24

  • Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units

    Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24

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

    Open Government Project · read 2026-10-03

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

Every figure comes from a public record, cited on its page.