TIF News

Tom Tresser was on “Politics Tonight” on July 14, 2015 reacting to Mayor Emanuel’s announcement that seven Loop-area TIFs are to be shut down. Tweet

The CivicLab has closed but the TIF Illumination Project can continue! Please contribute to our crowdfunding campaign today. CLICK HERE to support The TIF Illumination Project Tweet

After two years of hosting organizations and efforts aimed at making Chicago a better and more just city the CivicLab must close its doors on June 30, 2015.We invite you comment on our...

On April 30, 2015 at the annual conference of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) we Illuminated School District 300. D300 is Illinois’ 6th largest school district with 23,000 students. Located...

Chicago Young Turks met Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Connie’s Pizza and we talked TIFs. We lit up the Pilsen TIF – which we were in! Thanks to John Sheehan of the Catalyst...

OK – 80 donors contributed to our first crowdfunding campaign and we produced and uploaded the first of five TIF training videos, “TIF 101“! Now help us produce the second video, “The TIF...

It was TIF town meeting #32 on Wednesday night, February 11, 2015 at the Way of Truth M.B. Church on 6458 S. California Avenue as we lit up the six TIFs of the...

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We lit up the 11 TIFs of the 25th Ward at the Rudy Lozano Library on January 29, 2015 for the Pilsen Alliance. It was yet another spirited night of civic learning, civic...

The 28th TIF Illumination is in the books. It was a spirited crowd at Mann Park on the FAR south side on Tuesday night, January 20, 2015. Susan Garza, candidate for 10th ward...