This is the first story resulting from a summer-long collaboration between In These Times and the TIF Illumination Project. The National TIF Illumination Project is on the road to mapping the state of...

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We did our 46th public meeting on May 4, 2016 in Highland Park. We lit up the TIFs of Lake County and focused on Highland Park. The sponsor was Tomorrow’s HP. You can...

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It was TIF Illumination #45 at St. Agatha’s Church in Lawndale on November 11, 2015! We lit up the seven TIFs of the 24th Ward in front of 50 people. Our host was...

It was a hot time in the 21st ward on November 3, 2015 when we did the 44th TIF town meeting for the 21st ward. We met at the Greater Walters AME Zion...

                  That’s Woodstock School District 200 Board President Camille Goodwin sitting next to Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager sitting in the back row of the TIF...

The TIF Illumination Project takes to the road! We’ll be Illuminating TIFs in Woodstock, Illinois on October 20.   Tweet