Uptown Turns Down a TIF Deal—For the Moment

imagename Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the difference between a tax-increment financing district's budget and the amount of tax dollars it diverts; whether the park district could more easily implement a capital project via regular budgeting or tax-increment financing; and the last major elected official to call a corporation's relocation bluff. Length 9.3 minutes.

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Article: "Uptown Turns Down a TIF Deal—For the Moment" (Chicago Reader)