Community & Economic Development
Provide leadership, foster partnerships and promote balanced growth to enhance the quality of life in all neighborhoods.
Community & Economic Development handles a wide variety of services under various divisions:
Construction & Development Services provides building, mechanical, and electrical inspections for all existing and new construction.
Neighborhood Standards, also known as Code Enforcement, offers citizens a single point of contact for all neighborhood environmental issues and complaints.
Neighborhood Development administers housing rehabilitation and home ownership programs as well as provides assistance to neighborhood and community service organizations. Grant reports are available by clicking here.
Economic Development is responsible for administering a variety of economic development programs such as the City’s state-certified Enterprise and River Edge Redevelopment Zones, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and CDBG Rehabilitation & Development and Facade programs.
Planning & Zoning administers land use planning, zoning policies, and historic preservation. Planning guides and encourages growth and development within the City, while preserving neighborhood character and preventing undesired or incompatible uses of land. Planning accomplishes these tasks with the assistance of the Public Works Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Regional 1 Planning Council (R1PC).
You can view various plans, studies and reports from Community & Economic Development here.
Technical Assistance Scholarship
The City of Rockford has released a report on its blight reduction efforts from the Center for Community Progress (Community Progress), a national nonprofit. Community Progress helped Rockford review its efforts to address property vacancy, abandonment and tax delinquency through a Technical Assistance Scholarship (TASP) awarded to Rockford in March 2016. A copy of the report is available below.
Business First
Rockford Community Partners is proud to announce “BUSINESSFirst“, a joint venture with the City of Rockford, Winnebago County, Winnebago County Health Department, Small Business Development Center and Rock River Water Reclamation District to assist individuals in redeveloping an existing property or open a new business in an existing property.
- Click here to register for an appointment
- Click here to complete the required survey prior to your appointment
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