TIF Illumination Services

Tom Tresser was in Aurora on November 4, 2023 doing his 225th public meeting on civic finances. The hosts were Working Families Aurora and Alderman John Laesch. Get the details. Sign online petition...

The CivicLab’s TIF Illumination Project continues to unearth how public dollars and resources are being utilized to enrich the pockets of a cabal of politicians and developers who seemingly have the sole interest...

Want to know how much public money Chicago’s TIFs removed in 2022? The only complete analysis is right here. Record high totals across the board! Purchase the data UNDER the report. Tweet

Thanks to a grant from the amazing MuckRock Foundation, the TIF Illumination Project has been able to review ALL the TIFs of Illinois for 2020! Get the details and the data! Tweet

The MuckRock Foundation has awarded the CivicLab a grant of $10,000 from its Gateway Program to investigate and expose ALL the Tax Increment Financing Districts in Illinois. The CivicLab will be examining all...

Tom Tresser was interviewd on “Outside the Loop” Radio on December 24, 2022. He breaks down Chicago’s out-of-control TIF program for 2021. He offers an ALTERNATIVE to using TIFs for economic development. Tweet

No one else has this data. Just fill out the form-> www.tinyurl.com/Req-Chic-2021-TIF Tweet

Detroit People’s Platform has been collaborating with the CivicLab’s TIF Illumination Project for over two years and the results are outstanding! They are Illuminating the MANY TIFs of Detroit – for the first...

No one can give you this data. The City does NOT want you to have it. Only the CivicLab can tell you everything about Chicago’s out of control Tax Increment Financing Program. Click...

On Wednesday, September 23, 2021 the CivicLab presented at our 183rd public meeting. We Illuminated the TIFs of Evanston. 79 people registered and 46 attended – including two sitting Evanston city council members,...