Community Reinvestment Areas - City of Monroe

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 Zoning

  
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.