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Reading’s

Comeback Story Starts Here

The City Revitalization and
Improvement Zone Program

Attention: Business Owners in the CRIZ

You MUST submit the required state and local tax reports by June 15th.

Reading’s City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) program is a great opportunity for our community. It will transform blighted, vacant, and underutilized properties into bustling shops, buzzworthy restaurants, and booming industrial and commercial spaces.

CRIZ is a game-changer that will breathe new life into places that need it most — and benefit us all.

This is our chance to revitalize our city, spark opportunity and prosperity, and shape the future of Reading.

Together, we can do more.

New
Investments

Attracting $540 million in private investment and supporting local small businesses.

More Jobs & a Stronger Economy

Creating or retaining 3,000 jobs throughout the program’s life.

Better
Infrastructure

Improving public spaces, streetscapes, and utilities citywide.

Smart, Sustainable Growth

Supercharging our economy, empowering our community, and achieving our long-term goals.

Strengthened
Tax Base

Generating revenue to reinvest in our community.

Buildings in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania

Five cheerleaders and three children, one wearing a sugar skull mask, posing with the Reading mayor

Reading’s mayor behind a podium with cherry blossom trees in the background

A large gathering of people in front of a business in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania beneath trees and string lights

Reading’s mayor in conversation with a man in a suit and tie walking in a crosswalk

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