The Carmel Redevelopment Commission (CRC) is a state-statute created body charged with general redevelopment activity and implementing tax-increment financing (TIF)-supported public private partnerships that are contemplated and approved by the Carmel City Council. In addition, the Commission is staffed by the City’s Redevelopment Department.

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Initiatives, Goals, Accomplishments

• The Carmel Redevelopment Commission has a 25-year track record of partnering with developers and corporations to build transformative projects that grow the city and benefit all taxpayers. 

• The CRC masterplans and invests in Carmel’s redevelopment areas (City Center, Midtown, Arts & Design District, Proscenium) and incentivizes Carmel’s corporate campuses throughout the city with Tax Increment Funding (TIF) for garages or other infrastructure. 

• The CRC has previously constructed landmark projects such as the Palladium and the Center for the Preforming Arts and the Hotel Carmichael, together with smaller projects such as the Ice Rink and Christkindlmarkt and several garages. Its land aggregation activities have enabled a majority of Carmel’s redevelopment projects.  

   

Meeting Dates

The Commission meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Carmel City Hall, 1 Civic Square in the Council Chambers

• See the Carmel Calendar
• Additional meetings are scheduled as needed and conform with the Indiana Open Door law
• Meetings are broadcast on Channel 16 live, as well as one week following the date and posted time of the noticed meeting
• Redevelopment Commission monthly reports to City Council are available here and are found in the City Council Paperless Packet for the first meeting of each month.

2025 Meetings

LIVE Redevelopment Commission Meetings
(when in session)

Resources

• Choose Carmel: Choose Carmel, an initiative of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission, is an economic development tool that showcases past and current development projects, provides detailed information about the work of the CRC, explains the City’s use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and serves as a resource for people and businesses looking to relocate to Carmel.
• Public Art StoryMap: This interactive Public Art StoryMap catalogues Carmel’s extensive public art collection and offers a dynamic, self-guided visual tour for users to explore and learn about art throughout the city.

Members

William Hammer, President
  Appointed by the Mayor to a 1-year term, ending 12/31/2025

Adam Aasen
  Appointed by the Common Council to a 1-year term, ending 12/31/2025

David Bowers
  Appointed by the Common Council to a 1-year term, ending 12/31/2025

William Brooks
  Appointed by the Mayor to a 1-year term, ending 12/31/2025

Greg Brown, Ex-Officio Member
   Appointed by the Carmel Clay School Board to a 2-year term, ending 12/31/2024

Charles Schalliol
  Appointed by the Mayor to a 1-year term, ending 12/31/2025

Commission Contact

Henry Mestetsky, Executive Director
 Carmel Redevelopment Commission
 580 Veterans Way, Suite 100
 Carmel, IN 46032
 317-571-2492
 hmestetsky@carmel.in.gov

Justin Myers, Director of Construction
 317-571-4210
 jmyers@carmel.in.gov

Mike Lee, Director of Finance
 317-571-2788
 mlee@carmel.in.gov

Larysa Glaspie, Senior Project Manager
 317-819-7210
 lglaspie@carmel.in.gov

Marianna Berzins, Office Manager
 317-819-7207
 mberzins@carmel.in.gov

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We are committed to deliberate and strategic growth for Carmel that further advances us among a truly elite group of our nation’s cities. Partnerships are at the heart of our work, and we are fortunate to work alongside a wealth of individuals and organizations similarly invested in the future of Carmel. Henry Mestetsky – Director