Reporter, Money
Dana Ferraro covers money for The Uptown Ledger.
That includes property taxes and assessments, city and state programs for small businesses, banking and credit, tariffs and prices, and the economic decisions in Washington, Springfield and City Hall that reach neighborhood owners.
She tries to explain the numbers in plain terms and link to the source documents so readers can check them.
Recent work by Dana
- Holiday season 2026: what Uptown shops expectNov 2, 2026
- Jamie Dimon, Bank One and the long Chicago thread in JPMorgan ChaseAug 25, 2026
- The empty storefronts on Broadway, block by blockAug 9, 2026
- Mary Barra’s GM and the car dealers who sell to the North SideJul 23, 2026
- Small Business Improvement Fund: how Broadway owners can use itApr 15, 2026
- Property tax bills: why Uptown owners are watching the next reassessmentJan 7, 2026
- Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Uptown shops that import what they sellNov 2, 2025
- Crew Bar + Grill owners Brian Wells and Steve Milford mark 10 years on BroadwayJun 13, 2014
- Jenn Kincaid is building Kiss Kiss Cabaret a home in UptownMar 28, 2014
- Jackie Taylor and the theater she built to fight racismMar 21, 2014
- David Dastmalchian brings his film “Animals” home to UptownFeb 7, 2014
- Ric Addy and the bookstore that has outlasted Uptown’s hard yearsDec 12, 2013
- Be a Santa to a Senior program collects gifts for isolated eldersDec 15, 2006
- Uptown restaurants fill the Bridgeview Bank rotunda for the annual holiday partyNov 15, 2006
- Stocking Stuffer Night at Unique So Chique caps the boutique’s holiday calendarNov 15, 2006