Our state now has new legislation in place aimed at providing access to food, incentivizing grocery stores to locate in urban areas, encouraging investments, creating new jobs and transforming property that otherwise wouldn’t be revitalized.

Governor Rick Snyder recently signed the bill, which his office shared in a news release, expanding the definition of ‘eligible property’ for community revitalization incentives to include property utilized for a retail supermarket, grocery store, produce market, or delicatessen that is located in a downtown area or in a development area.

The bill also