TIRZ 17 Tuesday approved a 2013 draft budget of nearly $47 million to send to the city of Houston for approval. The proposed budget includes $16.7 million in capital expenditures, for projects ...

Memorial-area residents visit with TIRZ 17 engineer Derek St. John, at left, to discuss drainage improvements that will occur when Memorial Drive is rebuilt from Beltway 8 to east of Tallowood.

Houston's TIRZ program is supposed to provide dedicated funds to struggling communities. But more often than not, TIRZ trap valuable tax dollars in thriving neighborhoods. See how the system works.

TIRZ 17 broke ceremonial ground Friday for a detention basin that it says will provide relief to the floodprone neighborhoods around Briar Branch Creek north of I-10. The $10 million project will ...

The TIRZ was initially created in December of 2006, according to city documents. Over the years, eight amendments have been added to address a variety of projects. Original Plan. August 2009 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi City Council is set to hold a briefing on the possibility of creating a new Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, or TIRZ — this time, for the London area.