Tax Increment Districts (TID/TIF)

Tax incremental financing (TIF) is the most effective tool Wisconsin cities and villages have to spur economic development and job creation. Municipalities have been using TIF successfully since 1975. The TIF process allows a municipality to pay for public improvements and other eligible costs within a designated area, called a tax incremental district (TID), using the future taxes collected on the TID’s increased property value to repay the cost of the improvements. The rationale behind TIF is that the public investment will promote private development, jobs, and tax base growth that would not otherwise occur absent the TID.

 The City of Shawano utilizes Tax Increment Districts (TIDs) as a way to help achieve our economic development goals. The City of Shawano currently has 5 active TID districts throughout our community and is in the planning stages to add an additional TID (TID #9) in the coming months.  

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City of Shawano Active TIDs

TID District #4

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TID #4 was created in 2000, with plan amendments occurring in both 2007 and 2013.  This district is located primarily along Main Street throughout our historic downtown.  The purpose of this district is for the revitalization of a blighted area, improve a portion of the City, enhance the value of property, and broaden the property tax base. 

TID District #5

(Click here for a map of TID #5 boundaries).
TID #5 was created in 2001, with plan amendments occurring in both 2003 and 2013.  This district is located within Bay Lakes Industrial Park.  The purpose of this district is to promote industrial development, improve a portion of the City, enhance the value of properties, broaden the property tax base, and grow the employment base of the community by allowing businesses to locate and expand in Shawano.

TID District #6

(Click here for a map of TID #6 boundaries).
TID #6 was created in 2014, with a plan amendment occurring in 2016.  This district is located along East Green Bay Street from North Andrews Street to Rusch Road. The purpose of this district is for the promotion of blight elimination by promoting redevelopment, stimulating revitalization, providing adequate infrastructure, making the City competitive with other communities and offering and environment that will positively influence economic development decisions and help existing business to flourish and expand.

TID District #7

(Click here for a map of TID #7 boundaries).
TID #7 was created was created in 2016, with a plan amendment occurring in 2018.  This district is located adjacent to Airport Road and County Highway B.  The purpose of this district is to promote mixed-use development and redevelopment of properties, improve a portion of the City, enhance the value of the TID, and broaden the property tax base.

TID District #8

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TID #8 was created in 2018.  This district is located on the parcels that make up the "old hospital site" along the Wolf River.  The purpose of this district is to promote residential development adjacent to the Wolf River.  

TID District #9 (Proposed Plan)

The TID #9 Boundary map can be found on Page 7 of the proposed plan.
Tax Incremental District (“TID”) No. 9 (“District”) is a proposed In Need of Rehabilitation or Conservation District comprising approximately 47 acres located in the City’s downtown area. The District partially overlays TID No. 4, which was created in 2000 and has a maximum life of 2028, and an expenditure period that ends in 2022. The District will be created to pay the costs of development incentives in the form of grants and low interest loans to allow redevelopment to continue within the downtown area. The plan also includes a portion of the Franklin Park Plaza and associated streetscaping work and additional boat parking in Huckleberry Harbor to allow boat traffic to access the downtown. In addition to the incremental property value that will be created, the City expects the Project will result in additional dining and shopping areas, including additional job growth within the City. Furthermore, apartment and other additional living areas will be developed within the city’s downtown area.