The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By ZACHARY MARANO

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IRONWOOD — The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority held an initial meeting on Thursday with the Grand Rapids-based firm McKenna for the preparation of a downtown development plan and the re-establishment of a tax increment financing district for downtown.

When he asked the Ironwood City Commission to authorize the agreement with McKenna in February, Director of Community Development Tom Bergman said that the downtown development plan and TIF district were priorities for the DIDA, Ironwood Economic Development Corporation and the planning c...