Abolish TIFs. Save Lives! Action Center

[Abolish TIFs petition statement] [Sign People’s COVID19 Petition] [Full text of the People’s COVID19 Response demands] [CivicLab home]

“This is a long-overdue reform needed for our city — and others” – Don Rose, long time social justice champion

Watch our video making the case for the ABOLITION of TIFs…

DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF “ELIMINATE TIFS – RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT” BOOK

Please click to download our book which lays out the arguments for abolishing TIFs and establishing a Right To Development. You will be asked to input your email and then you will be taken to a download page. There is no charge but we would like to request a free-will offering of $10 to help cover our expenses. Thanks!

DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN “ACTION KIT” WITH HARD COPY OF THE PETITION…

1. Sign the online petition to support the People’s COVID19 Response demands. You can share the URL: tinyurl.com/Peoples-COVID-Response-Demands
2. Sign our online petition to abolish TIFs and share the link widely! You can also share the URL: endtifsnow.org
3. SIGN UP TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THIS CAMPAIGN @ https://tinyurl.com/TEP-sign-up
4. Call [312-744-3334] and email Mayor Lightfoot [lori.lightfoot@cityofchicago.org] and CALL your alderman. Click here to find out who your alderman is. Click here to find the contact information for all Chicago aldermen. PLEASE COPY INFO@CIVICLAB.US ON ALL YOUR OUTREACH.
5. Contact Maurice Cox, the Commissioner of Planning & Development at 312-744-4190.
6. Contact Alderman Scott Waguespack (32), Chairman of the Finance Committee at 312-248-1330, info@ward32.org.
7. Contact Alderman Gilbert Villegas (36), Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development at 773-745-4636, ward36@cityofchicago.org.
8. If you are a member of any business, church or civic organization – ask the organization to ENDORSE this campaign. Email us at info@civiclab.us and we will work together!
9. Donate to the CivicLab (we are a 501 3 c tax exempt organization) to support this campaign
10. Purchase a copy of “Chicago Is Not Broke” ($15+tax/shipping)
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13. Follow us on our YouTube Channel
14. Read CivicLab President Jonathan Peck’s statement
15. Read CivicLab VP & Co-Founder Tom Tresser’s op-ed in Crain’s
16. Get a briefing on how TIFs work at our TIF Illumination Project web site
17. Download front page story from Skyline Press (4/28/20)

Download coverage of campaign and Gazette Chicago editorial endorsement!