A Community Improvement Plan (CIP) is a municipal tool to provide subsidies in the form of tax assistance, grants or loans to business owners, land owners and tenants within a specifically defined Community Improvement Project Area (CIPA) to incentivize and stimulate land and building development or redevelopment.
Private property owners can apply for funding from Community Improvement Plan programs to help offset project costs that achieve the City’s community planning and development goals.
CIP funding is set by Council on an annual basis in the operating budget and placed in the Community Improvement Plan Reserve Fund. Programs are administered by City staff. The City has absolute control over administering the CIP funds to eligible projects and council can decide not to fund CIP programs at any time. Any unused money is carried over for use in the future. Reserve funds are essential to budgeting for long term program costs that extend beyond a budget year.
Belleville also has a Housing, Brownfield and Downtown CIP.
$50,000 in funding was approved in the 2024 Operating Budget (D6-8):
A study is underway to identify underdeveloped industrial lands in the City of Belleville. An Industrial CIP is a common economic development tool to incentivize development of underutilized lands. This further supports investment attraction efforts as the city services shovel ready land (targeted for 2027). The development of this plan is one-time funding that will inform future requests for ongoing incentive funding.
Contract has been awarded to consultant.
