Millsboro is trying to join the roster of municipalities with a Delaware Downtown Development District.
If accepted, Millsboro would be the thirteenth town with a district since the program’s inception in 2015. The initiative is spearheaded by three council members that make up the Downtown Millsboro Committee.
Being a Downtown Development District doesn’t qualify a town to receive state grants. It instead incentivizes private investments by allowing property owners and developers to get up to 20 percent of their construction costs refunded for eligible redevelopment projects. It also offers some tax breaks and fee waivers…