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Great Timeline for Chicago’s TIF Program
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Tom Tresser
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Feb 25, 2020
Check out this interactive time line from Medill School of Journalism student Joel Jacobs, “How Chicago’s Controversial TIF Program Took Over a Third of the City.” Tweet
We Illuminate the TIFs of Cincinnati!
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 13, 2019
The Cincinnati Educational Justice Coalition and the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers brought Tom Tresser to the Queen City over the weekend of December 9. The mayor there is proposing to create 15 new...
77th TIF Meeting a Smash!
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Tom Tresser
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Sep 20, 2019
From Kyle Sneed, President of the Wicker Park Committee: “Tom did a great job! He clearly articulated how tax increment financing (“TIF”) works, where districts are located in the 1st, 2nd, and 32nd...
2018 TIF Analysis Out!
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 29, 2019
The TIF Illumination Project’s analysis of Chicago’s Tax Increment Financing Program for 2018 is online! Bring us to YOUR community to continue the process of grassroots civic engagement we started in 2013. Tweet
34th Ward Illumination A Smash!
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Tom Tresser
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Jan 26, 2018
“This is a critical time in our country’s history and now, more than ever, we need our voters to be able to make informed decisions. That’s where CivicLab’s TIF Illumination Project comes in....
We Contribute to BGA Expose But Get Snipped From Article
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Tom Tresser
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Jul 24, 2017
The Better Government Association and Crain’s Chicago Business published an expose of how $55 million in TIF dollars was money laundered by city agencies. TIF Illumination project lead organizer Tom Tresser spent three...
How TIFs Averted a Teacher’s Strike
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Tom Tresser
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Oct 11, 2016
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...
Get the Book That Proves “Chicago Is Not Broke”!
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 5, 2016
Watch this 2 1/2 minute video that explains the book and the civic work around it. Buy the book here. Tweet
TIFs of Lake County & Highland Park
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Tom Tresser
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May 5, 2016
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...
“Chicago Is Not Broke” Book Crowdfunding Campaign Launched!
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Tom Tresser
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Feb 17, 2016
CLICK HERE to support Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve Tweet
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