Economic Development /
Redevelopment Agency Division

 

Redevelopment Agency

The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Concord encompasses the Central Concord Business District and portions of Monument Boulevard Corridor, North Concord and Willow Pass Corridor.

The Redevelopment Agency was initiated in 1974 with the principle objective of establishing the Central Business District as the hub of the community in symbolic, functional and economic terms. The Agency added the Monument Boulevard Corridor, Willow Pass Road Corridor, and portions of North Concord to the Project Area in October 2006.

The goal and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan includes:

  • Elimination of blighted conditions which have prevented the proper utilization of buildings or land in the Added Area, including, among others, deficient or deteriorated buildings, inadequate or unsafe pedestrian and vehicular circulation and access, lots or buildings of inadequate size or substandard design, incompatible uses, properties containing hazardous wastes, and inadequate public improvements or utilities.
  • Strengthening of commercial and light industrial functions.
  • Expansion, improvement and preservation of the community’s supply of low and moderate-income and market-rate housing.
  • Provision of adequate land for parking and open spaces.
  • Re-planning, redesign and development of undeveloped areas that are stagnant or improperly utilized.
  • Assembly of land into parcels suitable for modern, integrated development with improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation.
  • Provision of opportunities for participation by owners and tenants in the revitalization of their properties.
  • Installation of needed public improvements to stimulate new residential, commercial and light industrial expansion, employment and economic growth.
  • Avoidance of any undesirable impact of project activities upon adjacent areas outside the Project Area.
  • Provision of public improvements needed to support other objectives of the Redevelopment Plan, in any part of the Project Area or beyond project boundaries where essential to the success of the project.
  • Maximizing of opportunities wherever possible for the retention of existing property interests, for local investors as well as for the continuation, revitalization and expansion of existing commercial enterprises within the Area.

Redevelopment Agencies are empowered by the state of California to partner with the private sector to create new images for communities and revitalize declining areas. They accomplish this by reinvesting property tax increments from properties within a designated redevelopment area back into that area. The Agency’s Redevelopment Program is organized broadly into the following six categories:

  • Circulation, landscaping, parking and beautification improvements
  • Public facilities and infrastructure
  • Economic Development
  • Building Rehabilitation
  • Site Preparation and Development
  • Development and Preservation of Affordable Housing

The Redevelopment program is set forth in the Five Year Implementation Plan.

Economic Development Program

The City’s Economic Development program fosters continuous community renewal and growth needs to ensure long term fiscal stability for the City. Economic Development staff implements the City’s Economic Vitality Strategy that sets forth goals and objectives including:

  • Retain, Expand, Develop and Attract Business
  • Maintain and Expand Sales Tax and Transient Occupancy Tax Revenue
  • Revitalize Concord’s Downtown Business District
  • Enhance Educational, School-to-Career Training and Workforce Development
  • Opportunities
  • Enhance Concord’s Quality Of Life
  • The Economic Vitality Strategy provides more detail on the City's overall approach to Economic Development

By achieving these objectives, the City’s economic vitality is strengthened through business growth and development.