The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/10/2023 at 6:30PM. The agenda consists of one item which is a request to approve a second amendment to the city’s development agreement with RISE apartments. Back in September of 2022, the city approved the first amendment […]
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Community And Economic Development Department Approves The City Of Appleton To Serve As Lead Agency For The Fox Cities Housing Coalition And To Apply For Emergency Housing Homeless Funding
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 04/26/2023. The action item that they took up in open session was a request to apply for Emergency Housing Homeless (EHH) funding and approve the City of Appleton to serve as the lead agency and fiscal agency on […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 04/26/2023 – Will Vote On Emergency Housing Homeless Funding Request
The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 04/26/2023 at 4:30PM. Outside of electing a vice-chair, designating the contact person, and setting a meeting date and time, the committee has two action items. The first is a request to apply for Emergency Housing Homeless Funding […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Receives Appleton Housing Overview – Discusses Need To Increase Housing Stock, Expresses Interest In Townhomes, Asks To Investigate Impact Airbnbs Are Having On Local Housing Availability
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 04/12/2023. Most of the meeting was taken up with an Appleton Housing Overview in which Community and Economic Development Director Kara Homan and City Planner Jessica Titel talked about the overall housing situation in Appleton and the surrounding […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 04/12/2023 – Will Receive Presentation On Appleton Housing Situation
The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 04/12/2023 at 4:30PM. They have no action items on the agenda but they do have a couple information items. One pertains to proposed Table of Organization Changes for the Department of Public Works and the Community and […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Reviews 2022 City Growth Report – Discusses Blighted Area On West College Avenue
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/22/2023. During that meeting they received the 2022 Growth Report for the City of Appleton. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the discussion for download. Economic Development Specialist Matt Rehbein briefly went through the report, touching on the […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Reduction To Community Development Block Grant Funding To Community Partners
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/22/2023. The one action item they took up was a request to approve the revised Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for the 2023-2024 program year. When putting together the funding amounts for the various programs, city staff […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 03/22/2023 – Will Vote On Decreased Community Development Block Grant Allocations, Receive 2022 City Growth Report
The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 03/22/2023 at 4:30PM. They have one action item which is to approve revised Community Development Block Grant funding for 2023-2024. The amount of money the city was award was $16,253 less than they had expected, so they […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Increase In Sale Price Of Land In Business And Industrial Park – $43,000 Per Acre Still A Little Less Than Market Value To Spur Development
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/09/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to approve an increase to the selling prices for land in the city’s business and industrial park from $40,000 per acre to $43,000 per acre. The committee […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Extension To Merge Development Deadline, Gives Go-Ahead For Grant Agreement
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/08/2023. Two of the items they took up pertained to the Merge, LLC commercial/residential mixed-use development currently being built at 115 E Washington Street. Both of these items were approved unanimously by the committee. I’ve prepared a complete […]