NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
LINCOLN CHARTER TOWNSHIP
REGARDING ADOPTION OF A BROWNFIELD PLAN OF WYNDSTONE ESTATES SOUTH
LINCOLN CHARTER TOWNSHIP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS IN BERRIEN COUNTY
The Lincoln Charter Township Board of Trustees proposes to approve a Brownfield Plan for property located at 2039 W. Rockey Weed Road and three unaddressed vacant land parcels on W. Rockey Weed Road, W. John Beers Road, and Comiskey Road, Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan.
Lincoln Charter Township has established a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (the “Authority”) in accordance with the Brownfield Redevelopment Act, Act No. 381 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1996, as amended (the “Act”). The Act was enacted to provide a means for local units of government to facilitate the revitalization of environmentally impacted, functionally obsolete, blighted, or housing properties. The Act permits the use of the tax increment financing in order to provide the Authority with the means of financing the redevelopment project included in a Brownfield Plan.
The Authority Board has reviewed and recommended the adoption of a Brownfield Plan related to the development of four parcels of property located 2039 W. Rockey Weed Road and three unaddressed vacant land parcels on W. Rockey Weed Road, W. John Beers Road, and Comiskey Road, Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan. The property is four vacant parcels that will be developed into 83 single-family homes. The project is known as Wyndstone Estates South and intends to income restrict 17 residential units to 110% area median income or below for the duration of 10 years. The project is estimated to be approximately a $30.9 Million investment and will create at least one new job.
The Brownfield condition that qualifies the property as eligible is “housing property” defined as “a property on which 1 or more units of residential housing are proposed to be constructed, rehabilitated, or otherwise designated to be used as a dwelling” as defined in section 2(y)(i) of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act (1996 PA 381), as amended.
This Brownfield Plan provides a means for the developer to recover their costs of eligible activities which primarily includes Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) approved non-environmental “housing development activities” and statutorily approved EGLE environmental eligible activities.
The plan will be considered for adoption at the October 13, 2026 meeting of the Lincoln Charter Township Board of Trustees held at 7 p.m, eastern standard time, at the Lincoln Township Hall, 2055 W. John Beers Road, Stevensville, Michigan. If you have any questions or comments concerning the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority or the adoption of the Plan you may attend the meeting and express those concerns during the Public Hearing. You may also direct inquiries to the (Interim) Township Manager by emailing clerk@lctberrien.org or calling (269) 429-1589.
Dated: September 28, 2026
Michael Brown
Lincoln Charter Township Clerk