Speakers question values, impact of proposed Five-Fifths TIF
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 13, 2021
Opinions and questions abounded at a recent meeting on the Five-Fifths TIF, the City’s newest proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) district, which, if approved, would cover portions of the City’s Fifth Ward.
Even the name of the City’s proposed new tax-increment financing (TIF) district is objectionable to some.
Evanston resident and activist Darlene Cannon said, “The Fifth Ward TIF was to make Black people whole. I want to understand how this TIF is going to make Black people whole. Are we going to have another richer, richer situation?”
