The City of Merced Redevelopment Agency has become one of the key sources of public enterprise and has helped to create a healthy city and a vibrant economy. The Agency’s Board consists of the six City Council Members and the Mayor. There are two redevelopment areas within Merced. Project Area 2 was created in 1974 and encompasses the entire downtown and the Western Industrial Park. In 1996, the Agency approved the Gateways Project Area, which included areas along Merced’s highways. This project area was amended in 2000 to encompass a portion of the Airport Industrial Park and again in 2005 to include the majority of South Merced and areas outside of the City Limits.

The Goal of the Redevelopment Program is to stimulate economic investment by participating in real estate-based development projects and public improvements that increase economic vitality and improve physical conditions in target redevelopment project areas for the benefit of the entire city and its residents in order to eliminate physical and economic blight as defined by the California Community Redevelopment Law (CRL), which provides the framework for carrying out redevelopment activities.

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