Stamp’Lays, a store/salon owned by Kimberly Stampley, sits nuzzled in the middle of a block on the Southeast Side of Hyde Park. Her shop offers…
Posts tagged as “Tax increment financing”
The TIF Illumination Project of the CivicLab will be visiting the 48th Ward on Wednesday, June 18th to reveal the details of the TIFs in…
The Chicago Department of Transportation unveiled the Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape on Oct. 9, 2012, which the city says is now “the greenest street in…
On Thursday the Chicago City Council voted to recommend ending eight tax increment financing districts, sending almost $9 million to the city, the school district…
Andrew L. Wang, reporting for Crain’s details a proposal in front of the Chicago City Council to approve a tax-increment financing grant to Experimur LLC, from…
The Grassroots Collaborative recently introduced the Responsible Budget Ordinance (RBO), which presents a plan to return hundreds of millions of dollars to the city's budget, schools, parks, and libraries; thus, helping to address the enormous budget crises facing Chicago with a revenue solution over job cuts.
Carole Brown, chair of Chicago’s TIF Reform Task Force, said Monday that the city has approximately $100 million in surplus TIF money, which should be…
Roseland and West Pullman residents are one step closer to their first full-service grocery store. Chicago Plan Commissioners unanimously approved the construction of a retail…