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Postponed Real Estate Taxes are due July 31
Samantha Sommerfeld, Barron County treasurer, is reminding taxpayers that the 2022 postponed real estate taxes are due on or before July 31. City of Rice Lake 2022 property taxpayers must be paid to the City Clerk's Office. All other property taxes in Barron County must be paid to the Barron County treasurer. If unable to to pay during regular business hours, there is a drop box by the main entrance...
Developers proposing housing project appear before City Council
Developers hoping to build affordable homes in Rice Lake appeared before the City Council on June 27 to provide more information about their backgrounds and previous projects. Neal Krzyzaniak and Mark Hetrick are interested in building 126 one- and two-family residential homes to the southeast of Farm & Fleet and west of Tainter Elementary School. The city is currently in the process of creating TID No. 7 and rezoning the property to aid in development — whether it’s for this particular proposal or another further...
Proposed housing development spurring look into formation of TID, rezoning
Housing development proposals must jump through numerous hoops before shovel meets ground — and not just regarding the nuts and bolts of construction. Municipalities can make or break a project as developers navigate rezoning requests, possible TID financing, and stipulations plan commissions and city councils may see fit to impose. Rice Lake, as everywhere in Wisconsin, is in need of housing. Up to 227,000 new housing units must be built over the next 10 years in the state, otherwise the housing shortage is likely to...
Creation of TID No. 7 in Rice Lake moving closer to fruition
Two housing developments aiming to build homes with price tags that someone earning around the county’s median income of $60,000 could afford came before the City Council on May 23 and one of them also appeared on the Plan Commission docket for Thursday. In the end both are showing forward momentum in a quest to offer homes ranging from $175,000 to $250,000, but council members and commissioners questioned the proposals closely and some neighbors voiced concerns. ...
Rice Lake City Council to consider creating another TID for housing development
A housing development group that proposed an affordable housing plan for Rice Lake that the Plan Commission opposed is returning with another proposal. The Commission debated on April 27 a proposal from Kinnick Development Group to build a high-density housing development to the east of Highway 53 and west of the CedarCrest Surgery Center, which is now under construction. The single-family homes were projected to be priced as low as $175,000. ...
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