Tallahassee commissioners committed to their development of the Southside Action Plan and got a look at the progress being made in the city’s strategic plan during their annual retreat on Wednesday.
The Southside Action Plan is a revival of a plan, which once sat dormant for roughly 20 years, to invest in infrastructure, economic development and housing in south Tallahassee with the hope of equitable growth across the entire city.
It was revived at the 2021 retreat and has since been a focus of a dedicated team to develop a plan that incorporates community input gathered over the last two years.
In the last five years, more than $471 million has been invested in infrastructure, Blueprint projects, capital improvements and a new fire station on the southside of the city.
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Discussion of the plan focused mostly on how the area’s housing can be developed to attract residents and businesses. The city currently has 2,391 affordable housing units either completed, under construction, in permitting, or in the planning stage.
The issue, said City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, is that there is little incentive for developers to create housing that is affordable for low to extremely low-income residents.
“There probably isn’t private sector solutions,” Matlow said of affordable housing. “Nobody’s coming to the table to build residential units that can be rented for $300 to $400 a month.”
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