City Staff Presents Proposal For Southpoint Commerce Park TIF District Citing Need To Promote Development, Gives Overview Of What TIFs Are And How They Work

The City Plan Commission and the Community and Economic Development Committee each met 05/24/2023. During their respective meetings, they each discussed a proposal to create Tax Increment Financing District #13 in Southpoint Commerce Park. As part of that discussion, city staff gave a presentation on […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Fox Commons Development Agreement For City Center Plaza – Agreement Includes $4.4 Million In Payments Over 15 Years From City To Developer

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 05/24/2023. The one action item on the agenda was the request to approve a development agreement with Fox Commons Properties LLC for the redevelopment of City Center Plaza. The development would turn City Center Plaza into a mixed-use […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/24/2023 – Will Vote On Development Agreement To Turn City Center Into A Mixed Use Center With Housing, Supportive Services, Health Care, Retail, And Commercial Businesses

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/24/2023 at 6:30PM. The one action item on their agenda is a request to approve a development agreement with Fox Commons Properties, LLC for the “transformation” of City Center “into a mixed-use center (Fox Commons) comprised of […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Amendment To Rise Development Agreement That Will Allow Construction Of A 40 Unit Apartment Complex And 8 Townhomes

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 05/10/2023. The only action item on the agenda was a request to approve the second amendment to the city’s development agreement with Rise Apartments. The property consisted of 3 lots. The developer had been proposing to build 48 […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/10/2023 – Will Vote On Second Amendment To Development Agreement Between City And RISE Apartments

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 […]

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 […]