HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 3, 2024) – An increase in downtown Holland expenses may be forthcoming, while a company that had secured a tax abatement from the City of Holland will have to pay their fair share after fleeing the Tulip City.
Those were the major developments during Wednesday night’s Holland City Council meeting, as the panel formally set up public hearings and a final vote for October 16th on raising Principal Shopping District participation to 25 cents per square foot for property owners, expanding that district to include properties along East 6th and East 7th streets between Central and Columbia avenues, and increasing snowmelt and downtown parking fees by three percent.
In addition, Council unanimously approved a tax assessment against By-Pas International of over $12,000. That Zeeland-based cleaning product maker had received a 12-year break on property off of West 64th Street south of West Michigan Regional Airport in May of 2022 for a planned $1.3 million build out, but By-Pas decided against that expansion and instead purchased property near their current complex off of Production Court this past May 31st.
Community and Neighborhood Services Director Mark Meyers noted that no representative of By-Pas was in attendance at the meeting.
City officials want to keep the abatement in place for the time being on that West 64th site as a possible incentive for a future tenant to use.
The Holland City Council’s meeting was in Chambers at Holland City Hall. An online link to the agenda and supporting documents is here.
-The YouTube video of the meeting is courtesy City of Holland, Michigan
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