Who We Are

Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone- Midtown Management District.

Who is helping redevelop Baldwin Park?

In addition to the community support for the Plaza, a large percentage of the redevelopment of Baldwin Park is being funded by the Midtown Redevelopment Authority.  The Midtown Management District will be responsible for the maintenance of improvements to the park while the City of Houston will provide standard maintenance.

What is the Management District?

The Midtown Management District (MMD) was created to promote, develop, encourage and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, arts, entertainment, economic development, safety and the public welfare in the Midtown area.

The District was created to supplement the services provided by the City and the County and was not intended to relieve the City or the County from providing services to the area.

When and how was the Midtown Management District created?

The District was created in 1999 by the 76th Texas Legislature.

What are the boundaries of the District?

The District is generally located south of Downtown, east of the Montrose/4th Ward area, west of the Third Ward area and north of the Museum District and Texas Medical Center .

What is the difference between the District and the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone?

A Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) is a special district created by the City to help finance the cost of redeveloping an area that would not otherwise attract significant private investment in development in the foreseeable future.  Reinvestment Zone Number 2 (the Midtown TIRZ) was created in 1995.  A TIRZ does not levy taxes; rather a portion of the ad valorem taxes generated within the boundaries of the TIRZ by the City, the County and HISD are returned to the TIRZ to finance the costs of certain public improvements.  Some projects financed by the Midtown TIRZ include:  new Midtown street signs, new street lights, the Midtown Park , street and sidewalk reconstruction, and reimbursements to developers for new sidewalks, landscaping, irrigation and streetscape.

The Midtown TIRZ has a separate 9 member board of directors which is appointed by the City, County and HISD.  The TIRZ will be dissolved in 2025.

How are the Vietnamese Community represented by TIRZ or MMD?

Nicole Cao is Vice-Chair and Secretary of Midtown Redevelopment Authority and Midtown TIRZ.

The Boards of Directors for the Midtown TIRZ and the Authority were created to aid, assist, and act on behalf of the City in the performance of the City's governmental functions to promote the common good and general welfare of the Midtown Area and to provide an operating and financing vehicle implementing the Midtown TIRZ Project and Financing Plan.  The Authority is further organized to aid, assist and act on behalf of the City and the Board of Directors of the TIRZ as follows:

  1. In the preparation and implementation of a Project Plan and a Financing Plan for the Midtown TIRZ;
  2. In the development of an inner-city redevelopment policy, including a policy for the acquisition of land and land use controls;
  3. In the development of a policy to finance development and redevelopment of residential and commercial properties in the inner City, and
  4. In the development of a policy for disposition of abandoned street rights-of-way, street setbacks and code revisions which will encourage inner-city redevelopment.

Trang Q. Tran is the Chair of the Midtown Management District.