Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate Resolution

Jurisdiction Name: Marquette
State/Province: MI
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 21,491
Population Range: 1 million or more
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2014
GFC Topic: community food production
Keywords: commercial rehabilitation district, education, exemption, food hub, food retail, grocery store, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, local food, processing, production, production kitchen, property tax, retail, tax, tax exemption
Adopting Government Department(s):

Marquette City Commission

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Marquette Community Development (Assessing), Marquette Food Co-op, Marquette City Assessor
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: variable amount dependent on property value
Funding Sources: City of Marquette - property tax reduction
Policy Outcome(s):

Established a Commercial Rehabilitation District (CRD); the Marquette Food Co-op was able to apply for a reduction in property taxes and also became eligible for additional state funding ($160,000)

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