Public Education+Organizing

  • 46th Ward Gets Illuminated April 11!

    by - Apr 10, 2013
    Join us at The Peoples Church on April 11 at 7pm when we Illuminate the six TIFs inside the 46th Ward. If the last five TIF town meetings are any guides, then this...
  • AREA Chicago Distributes 5,000 TIF Posters

    by - Apr 10, 2013
    Thanks to the great folks at AREA Chicago we are distributing 5,000 copies of the TIF Illumination Project’s graphic poster showing the results of our investigation of the 12 TIFs inside the 27th...
  • Coverage Of 7th Ward Illumination

    by - 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....
  • Illinois Gulity Of Pension Ponzi Scheme

    by - Mar 12, 2013
    How bad are Illinois’ finances? Would you believe bad enough to be called illegal by the SEC? According to The Chicago Tribune, “Illinois broke federal securities laws and “misled investors” in misstating the...
  • TIF Town Meeting In Engelewood March 9

    by - Mar 7, 2013
    Join us in Englewood on March 9. This is the first citizen-powered town meeting to come out of the February 12 TIF Town Meeting we did at the Chopin Theater. Tweet
  • Chicago Reader Covers TIF Town Meeting

    by - Feb 14, 2013
    From The Chicago Reader: “I was hoping Mayor Daley would show up for last night’s TIF town hall meeting at the Chopin Theatre. After all, Mayor Daley pretty much invented the TIF program...
  • 27th Ward Results

    by - Jan 30, 2013
    Here is the presentation plus audio that reveals what we found out about the 12 TIFs inside the 27th Ward (1 hour, 25 min) CivicLab TIF Illumination Workshop – January 29, 2013 from...
  • Sound Off At TIF Town Meeting!

    by - Jan 10, 2013
    We’re going to the first community town meeting on TIFs on February 12 at the Chopin Theater! Find out the details and RSVP on Facebook. Featured Speakers: Ben Joravsky – Award winning political...
  • Franklin Park

    by - Jan 4, 2013
    Our first TIF Illumination for TIFs outside the city of Chicago is being conducted for the ten TIFs inside the Village of Franklin Park. Our research partner for this Illumination is Open Local...
  • TIF Project Featured @ NCDD

    by - Dec 22, 2012
    The great folks at the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation are featuring our work on their blog. The TIF Illumination Project is in the running for a $10,000 Catalyst Award! You can...