Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

87 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 MOKENA , I LL INOIS site plan and architectural review of all of our developments by a committee of professional architects and engineers who evaluate all of those projects and recommendations before going back to our Village Board, which then takes in everything that has been added and changed throughout the process, does a final review, and makes their recommendations before offering final approval for all of our commercial development.” The Village also offers several incentives for new and expanding businesses. “We have a downtown TIF (Tax Increment Financing) to promote business development,” Anderson continues. “We freeze the tax base of the properties in the district, and we offer TIF-eligible cost reimbursements for rehabilitation, renovation, property acquisition, professional services, interior/exterior work, demolition, etc. We have many turnkey sites available for businesses, and we have no commercial development impact fees for commercial development.”