Double-digit tax increases are further fueled by increases in home valuesSaint Paul property owners did not take kindly to the city’s plan to increase the property tax levy by as much as 15.34 percent in 2023. More than two dozen…
The financing for two affordable housing projects at Highland Bridge is now in place. The Saint Paul City Council, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Board, approved the funds on October 26 for the Nellie Francis Court and…
With financing in hand, CommonBond Communities can proceed to build 60 units of affordable housing for low-income seniors at Highland Bridge. The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority board approved a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement on September 28 with…
Work continues at Highland Bridge on new rowhouses, a new medical office building, new senior housing and supportive housing and the nearly completed Weidner Apartments/Lunds & Byerlys mixed-use development. However, the construction of all other new apartment buildings has been…
Saint Paul has allowed its property tax base to gradually erode over the years. The tax base is and always has been what pays for public safety, schools, libraries, parks and recreation, streets and now affordable housing in the city.…
Redevelopment of the old Midway Center property took two steps forward on August 25 with the Saint Paul City Council’s approval of an expanded tax increment financing (TIF) district and its order that the shopping center’s fire-damaged east wing be…
232 affordable housing units are already in the works. Variances for three projects at the northwest corner of the Highland Bridge development were approved by the Saint Paul Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) on August 9 despite ongoing concerns about…
The Saint Paul City Council, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Board, approved the establishment of two tax increment financing (TIF) districts on June 23 at Highland Bridge, the 122-acre site of the former Ford Motor Company plant…
Previous Next The use of tax increment financing (TIF) for the construction of the Highland Bridge development continues, this time to provide affordable housing. On April 14, the Saint Paul City Council gave its initial approval for the creation of…
Behind Ryan Companies’ marketing spin and slick illustrations for the Highland Bridge development in Highland Park, there is another story. Community awareness and activism can keep developers from manipulating city-approved plans for the 122-acre Ford Plant site, from circumventing regulations…
Villager Inbox Nearing the point of no return We need a lockdown before we reach the point of no return. While we’re well beyond the point where, as a nation, we should have taken this pandemic seriously, listened to the…
By Charles Hathaway, Kate Hunt and Jean HoppeThings have changed. Fifteen years ago, when Ford Motor Company decided to abandon its assembly plant in Highland Park, people asked: What will happen next? Covering roughly the equivalent of 50 city blocks…
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