Just a few months after City Council formally made Downtown Cleveland into a self-propelling revenue generator, thanks to the Shore-to-Core-to-Shore tax increment financing (TIF) district, they spent a bulk of their second summer meeting discussing another TIF, one for Bedrock that would remove the riverfront from the overarching one covering the...
Ward 5 Councilman Kerry McCormack was adamant that both tax-increment financing districts were sorely needed for Downtown's future. Despite any worries some at the table had that big institutions were getting potential handouts.
In exchange for what some see as a generous financial break, Bedrock would have to promise to construct at least 400 of those 2,000 housing units alongside the river"at or below market value" -- affordable housing as judged by area incomes. Discussion revolved frequently around Bedrock's upfront investment, $25 million in spending that, as legislation passed in tandem guaranteed, would be dedicated to the neighborhoods surrounding Downtown—including $5 million in a Minority Business Credit Fund, $3 million for workforce training, and $1 million for mentorship for job seekers.
The special Bedrock TIF District, shown here in blue, will help divert property tax money into the surrounding public space—into bike lanes or water lines.
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