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South Division Avenue is getting a new look and soon may have a funding mechanism in place to help pay for improvements.
Byron and Gaines townships are forming a Corridor Improvement Authority.
It operates much like a Downtown Development Authority in collecting a portion of increases in taxes for improvements within the specified district.
The Division Avenue district will include the area between 60th and 84th streets, where the east side is in Gaines Township and the west side in Byron Township. Properties within the authority must abut Division.
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