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Coverage Of 7th Ward Illumination
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Tom Tresser
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Apr 2, 2013
From Progress Illinois, “Dozens of South Shore residents weren’t too happy upon learning that a portion of their property taxes have been used as part of the city’s tax increment financing, or TIF, program....
CivicLab Will PechaKucha On March 5
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Tom Tresser
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Feb 20, 2013
Tom will be presenting at the 25th edition of PechaKucha Chicago at Martyr’s on March 5 at 8:00pm. What is PechaKucha? “PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images,...
Technology & Democracy
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Tom Tresser
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Jan 3, 2013
Check out this TED talk by Clay Shirky on how peer-to-peer technology can open a new frontier of participatory democracy. It’s what the TIF Illumination Project and the CivicLab are all about! Tweet
Chicago Reader Wishes Us Well!
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 13, 2012
The great Ben Joravsky, who has forgotten more about TIFs than most will recall, has written about the CivicLab and our TIF Illumination Project. He keeps talking about Tom Tresser, but the No...
Shared Research – Pitch In!
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 8, 2012
There are 1,220 TIFs in Illinois inside of 455 municipalities. In 2010 they extracted $1.12 BILLION in property taxes from taxpayers across the state. What do we know, collectively, about all this economic...
Good Bye and Good Luck (from Roger)
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Tom Tresser
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Mar 22, 2011
I ran against Roger Keats for Cook County Board President last year. He was the Republican candidate and I was the Green Party candidate. I got this email from him today. He says...
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Tom Tresser
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Feb 25, 2011
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TIF Report Launches
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Tom Tresser
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Feb 7, 2011
The TIF Report is a new web site being prepared by TresserLabs. This site will contain information, reports and updates on Tax increment Finance districts. We will start with a focus on Cook...
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