Committee begins plan for tax increment finance district

City officials and business leaders in Havre are revisiting plans today to implement a tax increment finance district in downtown Havre.

Havre City Council members are meeting with Bear Paw Development Corp. and other community members at noon today to work on a draft proposal for the district. It will be the committee's first meeting in three months.

"A lot of leg work has gone into this so far, and a lot of work still needs to be done before we can present an idea to the council," City Council member Terry Schend, who chairs a committee formed to gather information on TIFDs, said Thursday. H...