Ft. Worth South Inc. - Mike Brennan SITE VISIT

Ft. Worth South – Mike Brennan

http://www.fortworthsouth.org

We had another site visit in several different Ft Worth locations.  In this visit we  met with Mike Brennan the Director of  Ft. Worth South, Inc.  at his office located at 1606 Mistletoe Blvd, an old residence converted into office space.

We got a lot of insight from Mike regarding the redevelopment of Ft Worth and how they have been using TIF fund to restore the Near South Side area.

He explained how Tif funds were collected from Tax increases in the TIF areas and put aside to fund developments to further increase the property values and at the same time creating future tax value in the neighborhood.

He also discussed his ideals regarding  the important requirements for a sustainable city area.  These requirements included converting streets into complete streets to accommodate both pedestrian and vehicular traffic comfortably.   Easy access to a variety of public spaces, using multi floor building to maximize use of buildings without overcrowding and most importantly being near and accessible to residences.

By looking at all the development that is going on in this area it is easy to see that Mike is doing a great job in building the community and bringing vibrancy back to South side Ft Worth.