Certified Busines Park Application Process

Obtaining Certification
The following steps have been provided to make certification easy for you. If you have any questions, or need assistance with the process, please contact Cassandra Jorae at 517-241-0011 or cjorae@medaweb.org. See Maintaining Certification below if you are already certified.

Certification Fee
$250 per year
$150 additional processing fee for new certifications

Application Process
Step 1 - Submit the Application File Materials

  1. Appplication
    1. Online Application
    2. Printable Application
  2. Site Plot Layout or Site Plan*
  3. Protective Covenants and/or Community Zoning Ordinance (see: Definition and Covenant Requirements)
  4. Fee Structure Form*
    1. Printable Fee Structure Form
  5. List of Park Tenants
    1. Online Within Application
    2. Printable Tenants List Form
  6. Payment of $400.00*

* The Site Plan must be either 8.5x11, 8.5x14 or 11x14 inches.
* The Fee Structure Form must be signed.
* Check payable to MEDA.

Mail the materials that you did not submit online to MEDA, P.O. Box 15096, Lansing, MI 48901-5096.

Step 2 - Review and Inspection
MEDA reviews the application form for completeness of infomation and then assigns a certifying team to inspect the park. The certifiying team will schedule a meeting with the park contact. Upon the meeting, the team and the park contact review the application and supporting documents to verify all information. The team personally inspects the business park.

Step 3 - Approval
The certifying team will either recommend certification, deny certification, or recommend changes before certification can be granted. If the business park meets all qualifying criteria, it is certified. Any parks not achieving certification will be entitled to a 90-day grace period to work towards meeting the criteria. If the necessary improvements are not made in 90 days, a new application is needed when the business park meets the certification criteria.

Step 4 - Certification
A certificate, signed by the Governor of the State of Michigan, is sent to the park contact by MEDA after the park is certified. MEDA will contact the park owner to process certification benefits.

Maintaining Certification
The recertification process and is very similar to the certifiation process. Once certified, parks must apply for recertification and be inspected every three years to maintain certification. MEDA will send correspondence as a reminder when it is time.

Recertification
There IS NOT an additional fee for recertification. The yearly fee for certification will cover the cost of recertification for the year that you have to recertify.

Recertification Application Process
Step 1 - Submit the Application File Materials
The following items are needed for recertification:

  1. Appplication
    1. Online Application
    2. Printable Application
  2. Recertification Questionnaire
    1. Online Recertification Questionnaire
    2. Printable Recertification Questionnaire
  3. Site Plot Layout or Site Plan*
  4. Protective Covenants and/or Community Zoning Ordinance (see: Definition and Covenant Requirements)
  5. Fee Structure Form*
    1. Printable Fee Structure Form
  6. Park Tenant List
    1. Online Within Application
    2. Printable Tenant List Form

* The Site Plan must be either 8.5 x11, 8.5 x14 or 11x14 inches.
* The Fee Structure Form must be signed.

Mail the materials that you did not submit online to MEDA, P.O. Box 15096, Lansing, MI 48901-5096.

Step 2 - Review and Inspection
MEDA reviews the application form for completeness of infomation and then assigns a certifying team to inspect the park. The certifiying team will schedule a meeting with the park contact. Upon the meeting, the team and the park contact review the application and supporting documents to verify all information. The team personally inspects the business park.

Step 3 - Approval
The certifying team will either recommend recertification, deny recertification, or recommend changes before recertification can be granted. If the business park meets all qualifying criteria, it is recertified. Any parks not achieving recertification will be entitled to a 90-day grace period to work towards meeting the criteria. If the necessary improvements are not made in 90 days, a new application is needed when the business park meets the certification criteria.

Step 4 - Recertification
A certificate, signed by the Governor of the State of Michigan, is sent to the park contact by MEDA after the park is recertified. MEDA will contact the park owner to process certification benefits.