LACONIA — The Downtown Tax Increment Financing District Advisory Board hopes to improve lighting downtown, and illuminate Rotary Park, after determining costs.

The board was established by the city council to advise councilors on the planning, construction and implementation of the district’s development program, and maintenance or operations within. At present, downtown Realtors Warren Clement and Kara Chase, Mayor Charlie St. Clair, Jim Daubenspeck of Daub’s Cobbler Shop and Myles Chase of MC Cycle & Sport sit on the advisory board.

The city has three TIF districts — one downtown, another in Lakeport, and one in the Weirs.

The concept of a TIF district is such: property taxes within a district are split into two categories, existing tax revenue based on the assessed value of propertie

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