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Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority

Tax increment authorityKent County

The Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority is a corridor improvement authority of City of Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan.

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6 found · 3 not found

  • Not found: TIF package: board meeting minutes

    The iqm2 calendar shows the February 4, 2026 regular 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

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

    Budgets are listed for FY2023, FY2024, FY2025 and FY2027; none for FY2026 (the window is the fiscal year in progress and the four before it (rubric decision 10a)).

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

  • 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

  • Found: TIF package: development plan

    The page links "Uptown Tax Increment Plan" (opened): the "Corridor Improvement Authority Development Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan" adopted August 10, 2010, with the development plan as its Part II.

    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 page links "Uptown Tax Increment Plan".

    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

    Board Liaison Verah Narh-Kamara, vnarh@grcity.us; Corridor Manager Ingrid Miller, imiller@uptowngr.com.

    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 memorandum of understanding with the four Uptown business districts for fiscal year 2027.

    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

    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

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

    The 2026 meeting schedule (dated November 26, 2025, linked from the page) marks the February 4 and November 4, 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
Website
— none found
Notes
One of six Grand Rapids corridor authorities.

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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