The community’s vision for Mueller contains many features that add significant and nonstandard costs to the redevelopment, including affordable housing, extensive open space and parks, bike/pedestrian facilities, street design, alleys and structured parking near the Town Center. 

Due to the lack of infrastructure in place, the cost to demolish existing buildings and runways and the high level of amenities, the City has always known that public financing would be required to fulfill the vision.  No private developer would construct the Mueller Master Plan as envisioned by the community without significant public financial participation. 

The most comparable projects around the country have also required public financing, including the City of Denver’s airport redevelopment (Stapleton).