City Targets 19 Properties For Redevelopment

RACINE, WI — City officials are targeting 19 tax delinquent properties for redevelopment through a new pilot program announced by Mayor Cory Mason.

Called the Property Reactivation Pilot Program, city officials say the goal is to pilot a land banking process in which the City is able to take tax foreclosed properties and redevelop them in order to revitalize the housing stock in neighborhoods, while also increasing owner occupancy. The pilot program will include a total of 19 properties in the City.

The Properties:

1233 Schiller Street
1637 Packard Ave.
1644 Holmes Ave.
939 Center Street
1543 West Blvd.
1530 Holmes Ave.
1445 Clark Street
1801 Mead Street

The Open Lots:

1624 Holmes Ave.
1633 West Blvd.
1024 Thirteenth Street
233 Jones Street
1644 S. Memorial Drive
1602 Phillips Ave.
1138 Racine Street
1308 Howe Street
1317 Albert Street
1422 Marquette Street
1805 Mead Street

“All of our residents deserve to live in quality housing. It is the City’s role to help make sure we have a place for everyone in our community regardless of your background, income, race, or what part of town you live in. We know the City needs new market rate and affordable options in the City, but we also have to address the existing housing stock in our neighborhoods,” Mason said in a statement to Patch.

The Department of City Development is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) process which opens April 30 and will accept proposals until 4 p.m. on May 31. The RFP and the available properties will be displayed on the City of Racine Redevelopment Authority website at https://www.buildupracine.org/...