The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but City Hall doesn’t protect Chicago’s homegrown music scene.
Tag: Community Development Commission
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Mayor Rahm wants to spend $16 million on high-end apartments
Emanuel’s handpicked Community Development Commission rubber-stamps a TIF deal in Uptown.
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As schools starve, Mayor Emanuel finds $5 million for hot dogs
As schools starve, Mayor Emanuel delivers a $5 million subsidy to Vienna Beef.
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Mayor Emanuel gives Sara Lee a big, wet, and sloppy $6.5 million TIF kiss
Sara Lee says, “Thanks, Chicago, for giving us millions of dollars.”
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Before He Leaves, Mayor Daley Finds a Few More TIF Dollars to Hand Around
The city’s piggy banks are empty, but at his last City Council meeting Mayor Daley committed to spending millions more out of the city’s tax increment financing program.
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A TIF Gift for Rahm
The city’s Community Development Commission gives the mayor-elect millions of additional tax increment financing dollars to play with.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Poor Pay Again
The Englewood TIF coughs up $3 million to help bridge Chicago’s budget gap.
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It Pays To Have An Alderman In Your Pocket
The developer who allegedly bribed Ike Carothers got more than just a zoning change.
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Taking Advantage of TIF Ignorance
Is someone using the proposed North Pullman TIF to scare the neighbors into selling cheap?
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Alderman Beale Plays the TIF Game
Anthony Beale proposes a TIF that — believe it or not — just might make sense.