Category Archives: Illumination Project
“Chicago Is Not Broke” Book Crowdfunding Project Live!
The next stage in the evolution of the TIF Illumination Project is here! Help us raise funds to publish “Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve.” We’ve got the authors all lined up. Will you pitch in so we can publish 5,000 copies?
CLICK HERE to support Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve
“TIF 101” Webinar in February – Only $10!
Want to get Illuminated? Attend this one hour “TIF 101” webinar on January 6. It’s free. Tom Tresser of the TIF Illumination Project, will present. Please purchase a seat via EventBrite:
Help The TIF Illumination Project Survive!
The CivicLab has closed but the TIF Illumination Project can survive and thrive. But only if YOU pitch in. Please contribute to our crowdfunding campaign today. Happy Birthday, America!
CLICK HERE to support The TIF Illumination Project
TIF Article in “Art Against the Law”
I’ve got an article in this collection, Art Against the Law called “The TIF Illumination Project and Civic Imagination.” We’re in excellent creative company!
The publication is part of a series from the Chicago Social Practice History Project from the School of the Art Institute.
“TIF Atlas” Now On Sale!
Now you can own the data that has been driving the TIF Illumination Project all over the city for the past 18 months! Download your very own “TIF Atlas of Chicago Wards” at the TIF Data Store.
We’re using the new ward maps and you’ll see the shapes and names of all the TIF districts as well as the projects funded by TIFs IN EACH WARD. The projects are numbered and all you have to do is look to the appendix in the back of the Atlas to see the name, address, developer and amount of TIF dollars that went to that project. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! We also plot on each ward map all the schools that were CLOSED or cut in 2013. In the back we list the closed schools and list all the cuts that we know of for each public school. More info: tom@civiclab.us.
Standing Room Only @ 11th Ward TIF Illumination
The TIF Illumination Project did our 26th public meeting on December 4, 2014 when we lit up the TIFs of the 11th ward at the First Trinity Lutheran Church on 31st Street. I’m constantly amazed and thrilled by the turn out and civic energy present at these meetings. This one was partially sponsored by Friends of Maureen Sullivan, who is running for 11th ward alderman.
You can preview the presentation here. You can download the full presentation at the TIF Data Store. Please help us produce a series of TIF training videos that will be placed online for free viewing – contribute to our first crowdfunding campaign!
If you would like more information on TIF training, research and scheduling an Illumination for YOUR ward, please email tom@civiclab.us.
Article On TIF Project In New Book From SAIC
Tom has an article in Art Against the Law from the School of the Art Institute (edited by Rebecca Zorach), “The TIF Illumination Project and Civic Imagination.” Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/ArtxLaw.
TIF Illumination Project Launches Crowdfunding Campaign!
The TIF Illumination Project is seeking to raise $15,000 to produce a series of five 20-minute TIF training videos that we will place online for folks to view at no charge. Please check us out and help us produce these videos.
All TIF Presentations Now Available!
Download all the presentations from the ward Illuminations made from the TIF Illumination Project. Only $2.50 each.
