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South Side Weekly Covers Pilsen TIF Revolt!
Category Archives: Equity
Great Coverage of TIF Work!
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.
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.
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!
Watch the Video – “Grassroots Campaigning 101”
Hey, want to help stop a Right Wing White Supremacist Plutocracy from taking over America and completely pulverizing safety nets, public education, civil liberties, and other good stuff? The only solution is that people who stand for justice, peace, opportunity, and equity MUST run for local office and then GOVERN. Learn how to start down this path (or help others to do so) at our “Grassroots Campaigning 101” workshop. We had two amazing guests visit and drop knowledge – master campaigner Rebecca Reynolds Williams and Founder/CEO of My Block My Hood My City, Jahmal Cole. Click the image below to watch the video (1 hr. 43 min)>>>
Our 2020 TIF Analysis Front Page News
Gazette Chicago reporter attended our October 4, 2021 deep dive on the TIFs of Chicago. This is the first time a Chicago-based reporter has attended on reported on one of our public TIF meetings in six years! Read the report here…