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The City of Reading<\/a> Revitalization and Improvement Zone\u00a0Authority is\u00a0reaching out\u00a0to property owners<\/a>, business owners<\/a>, and developers<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0the process for requesting changes to the City\u2019s CRIZ<\/a> map.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n The City Revitalization and Improvement Zone, commonly known as the CRIZ, is intended to support economic development<\/a> and reinvestment within designated areas of the\u00a0city.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Properties\u00a0located\u00a0within the CRIZ may be eligible to seek CRIZ financial support for qualified redevelopment projects.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n CRRIZA<\/a> may consider requests to add parcels to the CRIZ, remove parcels from the CRIZ, or adjust CRIZ boundaries through a map change process.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe CRIZ has helped drive investment and redevelopment in Reading, and we want to make sure it continues to support projects that move our city forward,\u201d said Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n. \u201cI encourage property owners, business owners, and developers who are interested in the map change process to submit an application and share their vision for how their project can benefit Reading.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Property owners, business owners, or developers interested in requesting a CRIZ map change<\/a> should complete the City of Reading CRIZ Map<\/a> Change Application.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The application asks applicants to\u00a0identify\u00a0the parcel address, parcel identification number, acreage, property owner information, current condition of the parcel, current or most recent use, businesses currently\u00a0operating\u00a0on the parcel, and the proposed development plan.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Applicants should also explain how the proposed map change would support the overall economic development goals of the CRIZ and\u00a0benefit\u00a0the Reading community.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n He noted that the acreage of parcels added to the CRIZ may not exceed the acreage removed from the zone.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Requests for the\u00a02026 map change cycle must be\u00a0submitted\u00a0to CRRIZA no later than July 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article The City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone\u00a0Authority is\u00a0reaching out\u00a0to property owners, business owners,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[29446,4469,93221,93222,93223,93224,1160,737,31675,736,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-212665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-business-owners","tag-criz","tag-criz-map","tag-criz-map-change","tag-crriza","tag-developers","tag-economic-development","tag-mayor-eddie-moran","tag-property-owners","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}