What is the Main Street Redevelopment Project?
Avon has long lacked a cohesive town center core. This project will build a new Main Street for Avon. This street is envisioned as a mostly pedestrian area that will combine retail, commercial and residential uses in one area. Public plazas, art, and a civic center that will include Avon’s Recreation Center, Nottingham Park, library, and municipal building are all part of the vision.

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1. What is an Urban Renewal Authority?
2. What is the purpose of an Urban Renewal Authority for Avon?
3. What is an Urban Renewal Plan?
4. What is the Main Street Redevelopment Project?
5. What is a Conditions Survey (Blight Study) and why do one?
6. What is Tax Increment Financing (TIF)?
7. Can TIF always be used to finance a project?
8. If an area is described as “blighted” what does that mean?
9. What is the legal definition of a blighted area?
10. Why would I, a property/business owner, want to be included in an urban renewal area?
11. Does being in an urban renewal area affect my property values?
12. Does being in an urban renewal area mean my property will be condemned?
13. Who decides what the final urban renewal plan will look like?
14. If my property is in an urban renewal area, what flexibility do I have to improve it?
15. What is the process for establishing an urban renewal area and advancing and urban renewal plan?