TIF 101

From a press conference held outside the State of Illinois Building on August 2, 2013. The Chicago Teachers Union and the RAISE your Hand Coalition of concerned public school parents delivered a letter...

A new ordinance sponsored by 32 Aldermen was introduced on July 24 that seeks to declare a surplus of un-obligated TIF funds from all TIF districts that had 2012 revenues of over $1...

Thanks to eight volunteers The TIF Illumination Project has analyzed all 154 of Chicago ‘s 154 2012 TIF Annual Reports. We determined that at the end of 2012 these TIFs had a combined...

Watch this 26 minute interview with CivicLab co-founder Tom Tresser, from the July 13 edition of “Live From The Heartland Cafe.” Tweet

Neighbors from Logan Square want to know what TIFs are doing to their community. Even though we were supposed to be on summer break after doing 12 Wards in four months – we...

Believe it or not. Vienna Beef, the Chicago-based maker of fine meat products, will be getting a gift of $5 million from the tax payers. Read about it here. Tweet

70 people made it to the Devon Bank Tuesday night to see the TIFs of the 50th Ward Illuminated. Ben Joravsky, political reporter for The Chicago Reader, gave a great talk and urged...

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Check out this ten minute interview from Outside The Loop radio to get an overview of TIFs and a sneak preview of the 11th Ward TIF Illumination coming up on June 5. Tweet

  Despite a Bull’s playoff game 50 people came Room 43 on Monday, May 13 for the 4th Ward Illumination. Read the coverage at Progress Illinois. See the presentation and listen to the...