TIFs
3 months ago | Adeshina O. Emmanuel Jr.
At a public hearing, Uptown residents accused officials of secretly planning to hike the Wilson Yard TIF district's budget, and said they were concerned tax money allocated to the project might ultimately be frittered away.
3 months ago | Adeshina O. Emmanuel Jr.
The City Colleges wants the special tax district so it can pay to tear down the old Kennedy-King Campus. The district has grown, but with little public input, which concerns at least one alderman.
4 months ago | Peter Sachs
Mayor Daley's critics have argued the TIFs have created a slush fund for developers at the expense of revenues for schools and other local governments. The law mandates Web access to TIF records.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Chicago residents finally got a glimpse of the city's Olympics bid, which organizers say will not cost tax payers a dime. However, it does provide for a contigency plan that uses some public funding.
9 months ago | Kartikay Mehrotra
The city colleges' Board of Trustees voted unanimously to spend up to $102,000 to have the Johnson Research Group draw up plans for a new tax increment financing district.
1 year ago | Peter Sachs
Proponents of a state-of-the-art college prep school for Austin have their plans pinned to a 30-acre site occupied by a former candy factory. The city, however, approves other plans for the property.
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
The project will use TIF money to replace the theater's facade and make other improvements to the building, which also houses a Thai restaurant, a Starbucks, and a bank.
1 year ago | Tasneem Nomanbhai
The project involves replacing the Village North theater's terra cotta facade, as well as remodeling second-floor offices and landscaping improvements. Some residents say they're in favor of the project.
1 year ago | Tasneem Nomanbhai
Some residents say the redevelopment plan lacks broad community input and will spur gentrification that pushes some residents out.
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
Some criticize plan to fund expansion with tax dollars
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
Schulter faces off with business owners
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
Proposal would also expand Vienna Beef plant
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
City abandons planned land grab
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
