Welcome to the Fort Collins URA

The Urban Renewal Authority is in place to identify and revitalize areas of the city deemed blighted and provide a funding mechanism to encourage redevelopment. The main funding tool is Tax Increment Financing (TIF) generated through property taxes. The plan areas capture TIF for a period of 25 years. Qualified projects can receive a portion of property tax generated to be allocated back into the project for the community’s benefit. Public and private investment in the areas further promotes development and redevelopment in a plan area, such as North College or Midtown.


City Council Hearing on Midtown Urban Renewal Plan

A public hearing will take place before City Council on April 29 at 6PM in the City Council Chambers, located at 300 LaPorte Avenue. The purpose of the hearing is to consider an amendment to the Midtown Urban Renewal Plan to allow for Tax Increment Financing for the Foothills Mall area.

Click here to read the amended Midtown Urban Renewal Plan underconsideration on April 29th, 2013.

Click here to read Sept. 6th, 2011 Midtown Urban Renewal Plan.

Click here to read the complete public hearing notification.

Please call the Urban Renewal Authority at 970-221-6342 with questions regarding the public hearing agenda.


Foothills Mall Purchased by Investors for Redevelopment

Read the full press release here, and check back often for updates.

  • The Commons, a new mixed-use student housing development in the Midtown Urban Renewal Plan Area

Midtown Urban Renewal Plan Area

With the adoption of the Midtown Urban Renewal Plan Area, the City of Fort Collins can prioritize targeted redevelopment areas. The goal is to reduce barriers to infill development and redevelopment and, depending on the project, accommodate mixed-use projects and high density housing.

It's a win win situation--public private partnerships can turn around the heart of Fort Collins.

This is the second Urban Renewal Plan Area in Fort Collins; North College Urban Renewal Plan Area was established in 2004.

Timeline

Approved projects by the URA

2011
Midtown Plan Area approved
Prospect South TIF district created
The Summit on College
Northeast College Corridor Outfall Project approved

2010
JAX Mercantile
Habitat for Humanity
Revised Policies and Procedures

2009
Kaufman and Robinson (amended)
Rocky Mountain Innosphere
Union Place (2012 update:project dissolved)
Kaufman and Robinson

2008
Foothills Mall Plan Area dissolved
North College Marketplace

2007
Foothills Mall Plan Area created

2005
Valley Steel and Wire Company

2004
North College Plan Area created

1982
Urban Renewal Authority created