Technical, Financial and Redevelopment Assistance

Our staff can help you find appropriate sites for your business locate, relocate or expand.

We can help you apply for tax abatements, including assistance with the following:

Policy for PA 198 Tax Abatement (.pdf)

Policy for PA 328 Tax Abatement (.pdf)

Policy for Repayment of Abated Taxes (.pdf)

We can also help you navigate the site plan review process.

Our Small Business Small Business Revolving Loan Fund (.pdf) provides up to $40,000 in project gap financing, and we'll work with you to identify other financial resources.

US Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans are also available through our office.

tax-exempt financing, and small business loans through local commercial banks.

Our staff also offers its expertise and resources to redevelop abandoned and environmentally distressed sites. This is accomplished through our Brownfield Redevelopment Initiative and Brownfield Plan, as well as resources brought to bear through cooperative ventures with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and US Environmental Protection Agency. Under the approved work plan for the City of Kalamazoo’s Site Assessment Grant for Hazardous Substances, limited funding has been set aside to assist developers of privately-owned brownfield sites complete their due diligence environmental assessments, prior to acquisition. Download Guidelines for Environmental Site Assessment Assistance 2007 (.pdf).