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Breaking news
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TIFs Bail Out LasSalle Street Real Estate Titans
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225th Public Meeting in Aurora!
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CivicLab CEO’s Statement on Release of Illinois TIF Data
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Chicago 2022 TIF Report Available!
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187th TIF Illumination in Pilsen!
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First Ever All-Illinois TIF Illumination Available!
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Muckrock Foundation Grant Will Illuminate ALL Illinois TIFs!
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Get Headlines from 2021 TIF Report
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2021 Chicago TIF Report Available!
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Detroit Allies Illuminate TIFs Big Time!
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2020 Chicago TIF Report Available!
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183rd Public Meeting Lights Up Evanston TIFs
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2019 TIF Analysis Available!
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TIF Demand Front Page News!
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Great Timeline for Chicago’s TIF Program
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We Illuminate the TIFs of Cincinnati!
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77th TIF Meeting a Smash!
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2018 TIF Analysis Out!
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34th Ward Illumination A Smash!
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We Contribute to BGA Expose But Get Snipped From Article
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How TIFs Averted a Teacher’s Strike
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Get the Book That Proves “Chicago Is Not Broke”!
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TIFs of Lake County & Highland Park
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“Chicago Is Not Broke” Book Crowdfunding Campaign Launched!
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TIF Basics Revealed On “Nonprofit U” Podcast
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“TIF 101” Webinar February 2!
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24th Ward Illuminated
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21st Ward Illuminated
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Mayor AND School Board President Are Illuminated!
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6 September 2026
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21st Ward TIF Town Meeting August 20!
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Tom Tresser
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Aug 11, 2026
It’s TIF Illumination #234! No kidding, the TIF Illumination Project is still on the job after 13 years! No office. No budget. No downtown support. Only love from the community keeps this data...
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Tom Tresser
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Dec 16, 2022
The CivicLab is a Black-led 501 c 3 nonprofit “do tank” for civic engagement and social justice. Please consider supporting our work: Tweet
Detroit Allies Illuminate TIFs Big Time!
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Tom Tresser
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Oct 27, 2022
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...
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
Franklin Park
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Tom Tresser
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Jan 4, 2013
Our first TIF Illumination for TIFs outside the city of Chicago is being conducted for the ten TIFs inside the Village of Franklin Park. Our research partner for this Illumination is Open Local...
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