Urban Redevelopment Agency

Purpose

The City of Monroe Urban Redevelopment Agency ("URA") was created to exercise the City's urban development powers. Under Georgia's Urban Redevelopment Act (O.C.G.A 36-61-1) cities are given broad powers to redevelop blighted or threatened areas of the community. These powers include 1) Use of eminent domain to buy and assemble property for revitalization and resale; 2) Encouragement of private-public partnerships to redevelop neglected areas; 3) Permit the use of tax exempt bonds for redevelopment purposes, that can be secured by loans or grants; 4) Allow the City to negotiate variances and wave many requirements of its existing zoning and development requirements in order to achieve the optimum economic and aesthetic results in the blighted or threatened area.

Meetings

The URA meets annually on the second Thursday of January.