Category: Class

Take A Class At The Lab!

EventBrite_screen Build a web site. Plan healthy
meals. Grow plants without soil.
Get smart on TIFs. Understand
Chicago’s finances. Use spreadsheets
effectively. Find the dirt on your
Alderman. Use design wisely.
Get the inside scoop on food trucks.

You do all these things at the CivicLab.
Take a super affordable workshop at
the Lab. Go to EventBrite to see the
current listings and to register.

If YOU would like to teach a workshop, contact us at info@civiclab.us.

Global Cardboard Challenge @ The CivicLab!

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The CivicLab is thrilled to host the Chicago version of the Global Card Board Challenge on October 5, from1pm to 4pm.

Watch this video and YOU will want to play with us!

This is a kid’s event and is perfect way for a family to foster imagination and engaged play AND expose kids to design, science, engineering and a whole lot more. There is no charge but you must read the directions and register via EventBrite.

New Workshop @ The Lab – Chicago Finance – No Gimmicks

Is Chicago broke?

When city officials tell you the

budget is balanced and the city’s future is bright, are these statements grounded in fact…or are they a grand illusion?  Participate in this special symposium with Shelia Weinberg, CEO of Truth in Accounting, and explore:

  • The slight of hand the City of Chicago uses to “balance” its budget
  • The average household financial burden for Chicago residents
  • Are we headed to bankruptcy like Detroit or Stockton, CA
  • Possible solutions and how we can make Chicago’s and your own personal fiscal future rosier!

Sheila A. Weinberg, CPA, is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Truth in Accounting.  The Institute’s mission is to compel, in a nonpartisan manner, governmental entities to produce financial reports that are understandable, reliable, transparent and correct.

Since 2002 Ms. Weinberg has led the Institute’s research initiative which includes the “The Truth about Balanced Budget: a Fifty State Study”, the “Financial State of the States” and the “Financial State of the Union”.   Because of her expertise in governmental budgeting and accounting Ms. Weinberg has been requested to testify before the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), the Government Accounting Standards Board and numerous state legislative hearings.

The cost is $20. Please register online at https://tia-10-16.eventbrite.com.

“TIF 101” Workshop September 17

Chicago_TIFs_Map Tom Tresser has been doing TIF Illumination workshops all over the city. Now you can see what over 1,600 other people have seen – how TIFs work REALLY.

Attend the “TIF 101” workshop at the CivicLab on Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm. 90 minutes. $10. You’ll be Illuminated! Register via EventBrite.