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Making Gary safe, livable, and clean is the overarching vision that guides all planning efforts. Planning encourages progressive land use decisions, consistently works to improve City of Gary ordinances and processes, and carefully reviews each development plan. We provide assistance to businesses, developers, and residents as they seek permits and licenses, develop site plans and start business operations so we can continue to rebuild and strengthen our City together.
-Chris Harris | Executive Director
Gary Redevelopment Commission
Under Indiana State Law, the Redevelopment Commission is the official body that approves redevelopment policy, awards bids, pays contractors, and administers tax increment financing (TIF).
401 Broadway, Gary, IN 46402
3rd Floor, Community Development Office
* Executive Session: 3:00 PM
* Commission Meeting: 4:00 PM (following Executive Session)
Ken Stalling, Commission President
LaJuan Clemmons, Commission Vice President
GlenEva Dunham, Commission Secretary
Darren Washington, Commissioner
George Rogge, Commissioner
Glen Johnson, School Board Representative
401 Broadway, Gary, IN 46402
*Executive Session: 3:00 PM
*Commission Meeting: 4:00 PM
(following Executive Session)
View Meeting Schedule for the year 2025:
Jan 30, 2024
Feb 21, 2024
Feb 28, 2024
Mar 20, 2024
Apr 17, 2024
May 22, 2024
June 5, 2024 (Special Mtg)
June 26, 2024
Jul 10, 2024
Jul 24, 2024
Aug 7, 2024
Aug 21, 2024
Sept 4, 2024
Sept 18, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
Nov 20, 2024
Nov 25, 2024
Dec 4, 2024
Dec 18, 2024
If you live next door to an empty lot/parcel owned by the City of Gary that also qualifies as a "side-lot", you may be eligible to acquire that lot!
To learn more about the program and how to apply, please review the following documents and follow the directives therein.
To view a list of available lots, download Eligible Side-Lot Program Parcels (2024).
The City of Gary Redevelopment Commission is the public custodian of municipal land. To inquire about the purchase, transfer, or sale of public land please call our offices at 219-886-1531.
Gary Counts houses the City of Gary’s data initiatives, like the Gary Parcel Survey, a city-wide survey of the community’s physical environment as a means to locate and remove blight for redevelopment purposes, allowing for curious residents and community members to analyze municipal data sets and develop applications focused on blight elimination efforts.
The Gary Parcel Survey is the result of a collaboration between the City of Gary, the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, and non-profit Local Data. Results are interactive and available for download.
We are presently working on updates to this data throughout 2023.
Christopher Harris
Executive Director
charris@gary.gov
Mark Selio
Executive Assistant
mselio@gary.gov
Cedric Kuykendall
Demolition Coordinator
ckuykendall@gary.gov
Steven D. Jenkins
Commission Attorney
sdjenkins@gary.gov
