Uptown TIF’s $14 million funding gets final approval
“I didn’t want this to be a preface for any other TIF to be able to do the same thing,” Memphis City Council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas (center) said of the Uptown district’s ability to start spending. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The council vote comes the day after the Shelby County Commission approved the same resolution. The funding is spread across four projects, including new affordable housing in Uptown and rehab of existing homes for legacy homeowners.
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