Community Development Authority

Overview

Created pursuant to Charter Ordinance No. 4 and amended by Charter Ordinance 5 of Whitewater Municipal Code. The Community Development Authority of the City of Whitewater exists to promote housing and community development programs, sustainable development, economic opportunity, and increased tax-base, and empowerment of its residents to benefit the entire City of Whitewater. The commission reviews:

•    Housing projects and development
•    Loans to qualifying businesses
•    Projects that increase tax-base
•    Initiate policy to address blight, housing, tax increment and urban renewal
•    Façade Loan Program for exterior improvements to commercial buildings
•    Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for development in designated districts in the city

This committee consists of seven members, including two Common Council representatives, one Plan and Architectural Review Board Commission representative and four citizen members. Terms are four years.