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Article: Funding plan sinks BID's formation Capping payment called unfair
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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By MARY BUCKLEY
Glendale -- The Plan Commission said no to the city's first
business improvement district, with commissioners mainly objecting
to the proposed assessment plan for the BID.
An ad hoc committee of businessmen worked for 18 months to
develop a business plan and support for a BID south of Hampton
Avenue along North Port Washington Road to Capitol Drive. The
district had irregular boundaries but would have included some
properties to the west along Green Bay Road and most properties east
of Port Washington Road to the city limit, a total of 88 parcels.
Brian Monroe, speaking for the committee, said the BID could
address goals and concerns of businesses in the area.
"We want to ...