Eligible
Distressed Areas are those areas, which, because of disinvestment and demographic
dislocation, represent underutilized infrastructure and exhibit higher than
statewide average levels of economic distress. Communities declared Eligible
Distressed Areas may receive certain enhancements to their applications
for competitive MSHDA programming and certain other benefits through other
state agencies.
There are no cash
awards made available to residents or businesses located within communities
designated as Eligible Distressed Areas. |
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| Eligible
Distressed Areas |
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11 of Public Act 346 of 1966 defines an "eligible distressed area"
as one or more of the following: |
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Community Wide: |
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A community that meets
all of the following requirements (formula allocation):
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A. The municipality
shows a negative population change from 1970 to the date of the most
recent federal decennial census.
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B. The municipality
shows an overall increase in the state equalized value of real and personal
property of less than the statewide average increase since 1972.
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C. The municipality
has a poverty rate, as defined by the most recent decennial census,
greater than the statewide average.
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D. The municipality
has had an unemployment rate higher than the statewide average unemployment
rate for three of the preceding five years (Section 11(u)(ii)).
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| 2. Blighted
Areas Within a Community: |
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located in a city with a population of at least 10,000 which is either designated
as a "blighted area" by a local legislative body or which is determined
by the Authority to be blighted or largely vacant by reason of clearance
or blight. If the Authority designates the area as blighted, it must determine
that private enterprise has failed to provide a supply of adequate, safe,
and sanitary dwellings sufficient to meet market demand. In addition, the
city must approve the changes in income limits that are associated with
this designation by either a resolution or written communication from the
higher legislative body of the city or the mayor (Section 11(u)(i)(B)). |
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| 3. Neighborhood
Enterprise Zone Qualified Communities: |
| An area
located in a local unit of government certified by the Michigan Enterprise
Zone Authority as meeting the criteria prescribed in Section 2(d) of the
Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act of 1992. These criteria now include all
county seats. |
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Eligible
Distressed Areas
April 17, 2008 |
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| CITIES |
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Adrian
Albion
Allegan
Alma
Alpena
Ann Arbor
Bad Axe
Bangor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor
Bessemer
Big Rapids
Bronson
Burton
Cadillac
Carson City
Caspian
Center Line
Charlevoix
Charlotte
Cheboygan
Coldwater
Coleman
Corunna
Crystal Falls
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights
Detroit
Dowagiac
East Lansing
Eastpointe
Ecorse
Escanaba
Ferndale
Flint
Gaastra
Gaylord
Gibralter
Gladstone
Gladwin
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids
Grayling |
Hamtramck
Harbor Beach
Harper Woods
Harrison
Harrisville
Hart
Hartford
Hastings
Hazel Park
Highland Park
Hillsdale
Holland
Houghton
Howell
Inkster
Ionia
Iron Mountain
Iron River
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Ithaca
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lake City
Lansing
Lapeer
Lincoln Park
Livonia
Ludington
Manistee
Manistique
Marquette
Marshall
Mason
Melvindale
Menominee
Midland
Monroe
Mt. Clemens
Mt. Morris
Mt. Pleasant
Munising
Muskegon |
Muskegon Heights
Norton Shores
Niles
Norway
Oak Park
Omer
Onaway
Owosso
Petoskey
Pinconning
Pontiac
Port Huron
Portage
Reed City
River Rouge
Rogers City
Saginaw
Sandusky
Sault Ste. Marie
St. Ignace
St. Johns
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Southfield
Standish
Stanton
Sturgis
Tawas City
Taylor
Three Rivers
Traverse City
Trenton
Vassar
Wakefield
Warren
Wayne
West Branch
White Cloud
Wyandotte
Wyoming
Ypsilanti
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| VILLAGES |
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Atlanta
Baldwin
Bellaire
Beulah
Caro
Cassopolis
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Centreville
Eagle River
Kalkaska
L'Anse
Leland
Mio |
Newberry
Ontonagon
Paw Paw
Roscommon |
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| TOWNSHIPS |
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Benton
(Berrien)
Buena Vista (Saginaw)
Calumet (Houghton)
Carp Lake (Ontonagon)
Carrollton (Saginaw)
Champion (Marquette)
Columbia (Tuscola)
Duncan (Houghton)
Elba (Gratiot)
Elmwood (Tuscola)
Emerson (Gratiot)
Genesee (Genesee)
Marlette
(Sanilac) |
Minden (Sanilac)
Montrose (Genesee)
Mt. Morris (Genesee)
Oliver (Huron County)
Oscoda (Iosco)
Pulawski (Presque Isle)
Redford (Wayne)
Royal Oak (Oakland)
Sebewaing (Huron)
Sheridan (Calhoun)
Spaulding (Saginaw)
Turner (Arenac)
Wisner (Tuscola) |
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| TOTAL=170
EDAs: 128 Cities, 26 Townships, and 16 Villages. |
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| If you
have questions or comments regarding the Eligible Distressed Areas list,
please email the Market
Specialist. |
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