Thanks to the great people at Shelterforce for this thorough and thoughtful piece covering TIFs and the organizing and engagement work of the TIF Illumination Project.
Great Coverage of TIF Work!
Author Archives: Tom Tresser
“City, State TIFs Swimming in Unspent Money”
Join Me For 187th Public Meeting
Join us in Pilsen on April 27th at 6pm for our 187th public meeting on civic finance and TIFs. Our host is El Publeo Manda (The People Rule). We will cover “TIF 101” and there will be Spanish translation! The meeting will be streamed on Facebook. RSVP here.
All Illinois TIF Illumination Covered On WGN Radio
Listen to “Outside the Loop” radio from March 18 for an interview discussing our first-ever all Illinois TIF Illumination! https://soundcloud.com/civiclab/wgn-3-18-23 – Special thanks to our funder, the Muckrock Foundation!
First Ever All Illinois TIF Illumination Released!
The CivicLab is proud to release the first ever all-Illinois TIF Illumination! Funded by a grant from the MuckRock Foundation, this project reviewed 1,454 TIF districts across 535 municipalities! Get the headlines and the data at https://tifreports.com/illinois-illumination. Read the news about the grant award.
CivicLab Awarded Grant to Illuminate ALL Illinois TIFS!
The CivicLab has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Muckrock Foundation to investigate and expose ALL the 1,454 TIFs of Illinois from 2020! Details here.
Get CivicLab 2021 TIF Report!
No one else can tell you ALL the details of Chicago’s 132 active TIF districts for 2021! Just fill out the form…
Get Your Copy of Chicago 2021 TIF Analysis
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Help Publish the Book That Tells the Untold Story!
Help publish “Nobody Sent Us” How We Derailed Chicago’s Bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics – the story of the No Games Chicago campaign from 2009. Donate to help market the book.
Sign Petition – No Public $ For Stadium Dome!
Say NO To Taxpayer Funded Dome for Soldier Field!
In another clout ridden, top-down, tourism-centric, lakefront, White centered development scam, Mayor Lightfoot has announced her enthusiastic support for building a dome over Solider Field.
The estimated cost is reported to be $2.2 BILLION!!!
CLICK TO SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION!
Tom Talks About Performing Shakespeare
A million years ago I co-founded the Free Shakespeare Company with Frank Farrell and became its Managing Director. I acted in some 20 plays and projects with them and recently found myself giving presentations on performing Shakespeare! It was a blast to revisit the subject!
