The
City of Monroe is primarily located in Butler County, although a small
portion of the city is located in Warren County. The 2006 U.S. Census
estimate indicates that the population of Monroe is 11,226, which is a
substantial increase from the City's 2000 Census population of 7,133.
The City of
Monroe contacted the Center for Public Management for assistance with
moving their CRA program from a pre-1994 program to a post-1994 program
(in 1994, the laws governing the creation and administration of CRA programs
dramatically changed; existing CRAs were grandfathered under the new provisions
until they had been amended twice - a third amendment to a pre-1994 CRA
requires that the CRA comply with the post-1994 rules).
The CPMRA provided
technical assistance through the development and implementation of the
City's post-1994 CRA program, which included three separate CRAs that
target specific areas of the City where investment and redevelopment have
been limited. CRAs 1 and 3 provide real property tax abatements for qualified
commercial and industrial projects. CRA 2 provides real property tax abatements
for qualified residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
City of Monroe Maps:
CRA
Boundaries (CRA
1, 2, and 3)
Major
Businesses and Developable Land
City
Legislation (CRA 1, CRA
2, and CRA 3): The
City's enacting legislation was approved by City Council on August 14,
2007 and reprinted in The Middletown Journal News on August 22 and 29,
2007.
Local
Projects: Please contact the CPMRA for an update on reinvestment and
development projects within the City of Monroe that have used the CRA
program.
Exemption
Worksheets: The exemption worksheet provides much of the project qualification
criteria and abatement information found in the enacting legislation in
an easy-to-understand format.
City
of Monroe Housing Surveys (CRA
1, CRA 2, and CRA
3): The Ohio Revised Code requires a community to complete a comprehensive
housing survey before passing legislation that approves a CRA program.
The housing survey must show sufficient evidence of disinvestment in order
for the CRA petition to be approved by the Ohio.
For
more information on the City of Monroe's Community Reinvestment Area program,
or CRA programs in general, please contact the CPMRA or visit the Center's CRA - General Information webpage.
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