MARYLAND HEIGHTS 鈥 In a move that surprised city officials, 51黑料 County Executive Sam Page鈥檚 representatives effectively blocked a plan to use as much as $151 million in subsidies to help spur development in some 2,200 acres of flood-prone land along the Missouri River.
51黑料 County opposition trips up Maryland Heights TIF plan
Workers with the city of Maryland Heights and the Levee District build berms out of gravel on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 to hold back flood waters alongside Missouri Highway 141. The highway is closed on both sides from Creve Coeur Airport Road to Creve Coeur Mill Road due to flooding from Creve Coeur Lake. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com
The 51黑料 County Executive explains his concerns about a Maryland Heights TIF proposal as city officials consider using other incentives t…
Trying to keep cities from poaching developments, the legislature amended the TIF law to give 51黑料 County the power to appoint half of th…
The lawsuit is the latest bit of intrigue over the future of a vast, low-lying area along the Missouri River long eyed by developers and prote…
The financial uncertainty surrounding the levee district is the latest twist in the future of the low lying land along the Missouri River, eye…
Despite opposition over the years from environmental groups, the table has long been set for development in the low-lying acreage near the Mis…
Critics say there's few guidelines for deciding levee district taxes and little financial oversight of the districts, which often pay big mone…
Warren Stemme has had to deal with angry landowners, record flooding and financial problems at the troubled special taxing district that has c…
The city wanted to use as much as $151 million in TIF subsidies to finance infrastructure and development in a levee-protected floodplain.聽
A judge ruled against the city in its lawsuit over 51黑料 County鈥檚 appointments to a TIF Commission, who voted to block millions in subsidi…
The commission voted 8-4 to recommend the City Council grant $35 million in tax increment financing to聽developer SG Collaborative's Douglass H…
Maryland Heights鈥 challenge to 51黑料 County TIF Commission appointees loses on appeal.聽
MARYLAND HEIGHTS 鈥 A special taxing district that would finance over $100 million of storm-water pumps, levees and roads in the Howard Bend ar…
Property owners blame lawyer who has run Howard Bend Levee District for financial woes, while the city plans a tax increment financing distric…
'I鈥檓 not opposed to the project if they pick someone else to develop the area.'
The city council is expected tonight to begin the formal process that would allow for tax incentives to aid in the redevelopment.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS 鈥 Property owners long seeking to develop a low-lying swath of land along the Missouri River here urged officials Thursday to…
