Corridor Improvement Authority
Southtown Corridor Improvement Authority
The Southtown Corridor Improvement Authority is a corridor improvement authority of City of Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan.
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Not found: TIF package: board meeting minutes
The iqm2 calendar shows the April 8, 2026 regular meeting and the May 19, 2026 special meeting held with no minutes. 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
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Found: TIF package: annual budget, with fund balances
Budgets for FY2023 to FY2027 (the fiscal year in progress) are listed.
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 page says the authority "is included in the City of Grand Rapids Annual Comprehensive Financial Report" and links the ACFRs for fiscal 2021 to 2025, covering every year due in the window (fiscal 2023 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 "Southtown Tax Increment Financing and Development 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 "Southtown Tax Increment Financing and Development 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
Board Liaison Verah Narh-Kamara, vnarh@grcity.us; Corridor Manager Genesis Consulting, info@southtowngr.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 lists ActivCity LLC, landscape maintenance, the business association MOUs ($10,000 a year each), the corridor manager and Cultural Communications, each with a description.
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 page has no synopsis section. A web search returns a page listing synopses for calendar 2020 to 2024 only; none 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 meeting schedule (dated December 4, 2025, linked from the page) marks the February 11 and November 18, 2026 meetings "*Informational Meeting to precede regular meeting as required by Act 57 of 2018, MCL 125.4910(4)".
MCL 125.4910(4) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for TIF package: notices of the two yearly informational meetings
About
- Type
- Corridor Improvement Authority
- Part of
- City of Grand Rapids
- County
- Kent County
- Website
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- Notes
- One of six Grand Rapids corridor authorities.
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