Southern Iowa City businesses push for revitalization effort

Community advocates are making progress in creating a self-funded municipal improvement district in southern Iowa City.

Jeff sigmund

Some of the units available at Pepperwood Plaza on March 1, 2021. The plaza is located on the freeway. 6 East. Iowa City.

Community organizers and business owners are advancing grassroots efforts to create a self-sustaining Municipal Improvement District in the South Side District of Iowa City, which officials say “will revitalize the community and empower people. business”.

An Autonomous Municipal Improvement District is a tool that communities use to collectively create economic growth and improve the livability and infrastructure of a specific geographic location by implementing an SSMID levy on commercial properties in the…

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