All praise to the pioneers!
- Jacqueline Levy, leader of the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group who produced the “Chicago TIF Encyclopedia” in 1999 and the “TIF Almanac” in 2003.
- Cook Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley (now Congressman from Illinois’ 5th District) and his then lead author Jason Liechty for their 2007 study “A Tale of Two Cities.”
- A special tip of the civic hat to ace political reporters Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke for their extensive writing on TIFs over the years for The Chicago Reader.