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Clear, Short Explanation Of TIFs – “The Shadow Budget”
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 22, 2014
Here’s a great introduction to Chicago’s TIF program from The Chicago Bureau by Alex Nitkin. In the time it takes a Brown Line train to circle the Loop, dozens of secret deals can...
Media Notices Our TIF Research
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 9, 2014
The TIF Illumination Project recently published its review of Chicago’s 2013 TIF activity. Here is coverage and analysis from the International Business Times . TIF research spotlighted in NBC Chicago’s...
TIF Project Highlighted at Planning Conference
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Tom Tresser
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Mar 31, 2014
http://issuu.com/cmrenner/docs/cnu-conference-final-20140325 – Free download of presentations and material from 2013 conference on new ways of doing urban development. We did a piece on the TIF Illumination Project. Also great stuff on how Rockford...
The Perils Of Privatization
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 19, 2013
Historian and reporter for The Nation Rick Perlstein is doing a series of articles on the perils of privatization. In this 13 minute interview on WBEZ he lays out the reasons to be...
Winners & Losers In The TIF Game
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Tom Tresser
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Nov 27, 2013
From the Chicago Reader, “Those who got, get more. And those who don’t got, get the shaft. All in the name of eradicating blight. Beale was absent for Wednesday’s showdown—so he didn’t cast...
Tom Talks TIFs On “Politics Tonight”
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Tom Tresser
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Nov 8, 2013
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Sun-Times Illuminates TIFs
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Tom Tresser
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Sep 29, 2013
The TIF Illumination Project was a source for this story in today’s Chicago Sun-Times. Our research was used in the creation of the map that accompanies the story. Tweet
WBEZ Explains The TIF Program
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Tom Tresser
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Sep 5, 2013
Watch this creative and fast moving seven minute video from WBEZ’s “Curious City” Project. Tweet
CivicLab Chicago Innovation Award Nominee
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 30, 2013
The CivicLab is one of this year’s nominees for a Chicago Innovation Award! Celebrate with us at The Park West on September 9. Tweet
Mr. Mayor, Empty the TIFs
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 4, 2013
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...
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