TIF 101

It’s time to shed some light on the 11 TIFs inside the 4th Ward. Join us on Monday, May 13 at 6pm at Room 43 to learn: – How much property tax is...

It was Mayor Daley (I and II) all over again. In the old days, when an alderman dared to question the mayor their mike was often shut off. In other ploys meetings were...

Long time Rogers Park activist Don Gordon summarizes the TIF program from the point of view of transparency online at Chicago Now. When it comes to the lack of government transparency in Chicago,...

The folks in Uptown are hopping mad at the thought of $29 million of their property tax dollars going to JDL Development to build a luxury high-rise across the street from Lincoln Park...

Join us in Englewood on Saturday, May 4 at 10am at the Kelly Library when we Illuminate just one TIF. We will be exposing the Englewood Neighborhood TIF that morning. Details and RSVP...

It seems the only media outlet in Chicago interested in the TIF Illumination Project and the viral spread of neighbor-powered TIF town meetings is Progress Illinois. Here is their coverage of the April...

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...

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...

Review the presentation deck and listen to the audio (47 minutes) from the TIF Town Meeting held on April 6 at Chicago State University. 9th ward Alderman Anthony Beale came in about half-way...

  32% of the entire city of Chicago is in a TIF district. Are YOU? Find out by clicking over to this page and follow the simple instructions. It’s only take five minutes....