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Washington Park TIF Town Meeting Packed!

The Egyptian Room at the Washington Park Field House was SRO this morning as neighbors packed in to participate in the “Let’s Talk TIF in Washington Park” Town Meeting. The TIF Illumination Project was invited to present its research on the six TIFs in the 20th Ward by Washington Park Chamber of Commerce President Donna Smith.

WVON radio host (and former Alderman of the 20th Ward) Cliff Kelley was the emcee.The attendees were highly energized and asked MANY questions. At least three more TIF meetings were generated this morning as people came up and wanted to know how they get Illuminated!

Below are the presentations given by Donna Smith and Tom Tresser (audio = 56 minutes).

TIFs in the 20th Ward from Thomas Tresser

TIF Town Meeting In Washington Park March 16

Join the neighbors from Washington Park Saturday, March 16 at 10am for a TIF Town Meeting. RSVP via Facebook. The TIF Illumination Project will reveal details about the four TIFs in the 20th Ward NEVER before seen or known. Amazing. How DO we do it? Join us in Egyptian Room at the Washington Park Field House to find out.

Questions, more information – please call 773-493-0754 or email wethepeopleofwashingtonpark@gmail.com.

Englewood TIF Presentation

Here is our presentation on the four TIFs inside the 6th Ward (66 minutes with audio).

TIFs in the 6th Ward from Thomas Tresser

TIF Town Meeting in Englewood March 9

Join us in Englewood on March 9. This is the first citizen-powered town meeting to come out of the February 12 TIF Town Meeting we did at the Chopin Theater.

CivicLab Will PechaKucha On March 5

Tom will be presenting at the 25th edition of PechaKucha Chicago at Martyr’s on March 5 at 8:00pm. What is PechaKucha? “PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps — just about anything, really — in the PechaKucha 20×20 format.” Get tickets here.

Presentation From TIF Town Meeting

Here is the presentation Tom Tresser gave at the February 12 TIF Town Meeting on the 12 TIFs in the 27th Ward (audio = 23 minutes). The meeting was held at the fabulous Chopin Theatre.

TIFs In The 27th Ward from Thomas Tresser

TIF Town Meeting panel members: Prof. Richard Dye, Tom Tresser, Valerie Leonard, Ben Joravsky.

Sound Off At TIF Town Meeting

We’re going to the first community town meeting on TIFs on February 12 at the Chopin Theater! Find out the details and RSVP on Facebook.

Featured Speakers: Ben Joravsky – Award winning political reporter.
Tom Tresser – Citizen activist and civic educator, CivicLab co-founder.
Dr. Richard Dye – Professor at UIC Institute of Government + Public Affairs. (Research finding TIF districts hinder growth)
At the end of 2011 there was $1.39 billion left in TIF bank accounts, yet the City claimed a budget deficit of $636 million at the start of 2012.

The Tax Integrity and Fairness Alliance is hosting a Town Meeting to spread knowledge and demand change on Tuesday, February 12th from 7-9pm, at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division.

Featured Breakout Groups: Citizen Investigation, ‘Become a TIF Illuminator’ with Tom Tresser. Participatory Budgeting, ‘Design Your Own Utopia’ with Sharon Post of Chicago Political Economy Group. Grassroots Organizing, with Steven Serikaku, retired CTU teacher and PDAIL activist. Speak up. Bring your questions!

Download flier = TIF Town Meeting flyer / Download press release = TIF Town Hall press release

Technology & Democracy

Check out this TED talk by Clay Shirky on how peer-to-peer technology can open a new frontier of participatory democracy. It’s what the TIF Illumination Project and the CivicLab are all about!

How About A Civic Health Club?

From Denver we get word of a fun project that has its roots in Chicago’s own Hull House – it’s a civic health club!

“If asked about your physical health, emotional health, spiritual health or psychological health, you’d most likely have an answer at the ready, says Denver actor Evan Weissman. Perhaps you’ve recently discovered yoga; you’ve found God, a guru or a therapist. But what if you were asked about your civic health? “That’s harder for most folks to gauge,” Weissman said. There is no bricks-and-mortar place in Denver for people to regularly exercise their civic muscles. Weissman is out to change that by opening Denver’s first Civic health club. “Warm Cookies of the Revolution,” he says, will be a place for daily human connection offering fun and engaging programming for both personal betterment and social change.”

Talk On Technology & Social Change

CivicLab co-founder Tom Tresser will be doing a talk and workshop on “Using Technology For Social Change & Community Organizing” at the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center, Friday, November 30, 2-4pm. 3401 South King Drive.RSVP to 773-819-2053.

Topics include:

How are people using the Internet & social media to effect change and make their voice heard?
How do you use Facebook & Twitter for social change?
How might Chicago groups use these tools to affect change here?

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