Proposed 5/5ths TIF Financially Impacts Every resident in every ward and deserves full exploration before council members rush to approve a 23 year financial commitment which involves 10s of Millions of dollars and over 14 acres of public land and the Civic Center.
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Zoom Weds. Sept. 22nd 6-8 (Register HERE) of follow on facebook - Evanston TIf
SPEAK UP-ACT NOW!
STOP The 5/5th’s TIF Vote by Council on Sept 27th 2021
*Tax Increases *Displacement *Lack of Community Input
*Diverting Public Funds * No Plan
*Evanston’s 5/5th TIF is wrapped around the false promises of addressing the harm against the African American community.
*The City of Evanston’s 5/5th’s TIF proposal ignores the community’s interest in being a collaborator for ANY plans for the fifth ward. There has been NO PUBLIC support for this TIF from residents.
*Over $185,000,000 of your tax dollars have been diverted from the general and school funds to the 8 TIF slush funds.
*The 5/5th’s TIF proposal lacks transparency. Residents deserve to know who, what and how development will occur.
*Although the 5/5th TIF impacts every person in every ward, only a couple of council members have discussed the 5/5ths TIF with their residents at ward meetings.
*The area within the 5/5ths TIF proposal is not blighted nor is it a conservation area . The neighborhoods either meet or exceed the development happening in other neighborhoods in Evanston.
*The 5/5ths TIF does not meet the “IF NOT BUT FOR” rule; the concept that without the TIF, no development would happen. Development is happening in and around the TIF area.
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