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Category Archives: In The News

South Side Weekly Covers Pilsen TIF Revolt!

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This entry was posted in Activism, Civic Life, Democracy, Equity, Illumination Project, In The News, POWER Institute, Presentations, TIF Illumination Project, Uncategorized on June 16, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

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.

This entry was posted in About Tom, Activism, Equity, In The News, POWER Institute, Presentations, TIF Illumination Project, TIF Town Meeting, Training on June 1, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

“City, State TIFs Swimming in Unspent Money”

Read coverage of our Chicago and All-Illinois TIF Reports in the May 2023 issue of Gazette Chicago.

This entry was posted in Democracy, Great Public Report, Illumination Project, In The News on May 8, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

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.

This entry was posted in Activism, Civic Life, Democracy, Equity, Illumination Project, In The News on April 18, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

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!

This entry was posted in "More Public!", Civic Life, Equity, Illumination Project, In The News on March 18, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

First Ever All Illinois TIF Illumination Released!

*Thanks to the support of the Muck Rock Foundation!*

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.

This entry was posted in Activism, Democracy, Equity, Illumination Project, In The News on March 1, 2023 by Tom Tresser.

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.

This entry was posted in Civic Life, Democracy, Equity, In The News, POWER Institute, TIF Illumination Project on December 18, 2022 by Tom Tresser.

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.

This entry was posted in About Tom, Activism, Civic Life, Democracy, Equity, In The News, No Games Chicago, Protect the Commons on November 15, 2022 by Tom Tresser.

Proud to have created the YPF for Pegasus in 1986. Tens of thousands of teens have written plays, hundreds of finalists, and dozens of winners. https://pegasustheatrechicago.org

This entry was posted in About Tom, In The News on December 20, 2021 by Tom Tresser.

Our 2020 TIF Analysis Front Page News

*Thanks to the Gazette staff for covering this work!*

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…