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Money & Finance

Taxes, TIF districts, grants, budgets and the public money behind Uptown projects.

Small Business Improvement Fund: how Broadway owners can use it

Storefronts along Broadway in Uptown

The city program reimburses part of the cost of building improvements in tax increment financing districts. Here is who qualifies and how it works.

Property tax bills: why Uptown owners are watching the next reassessment

The Cook County Administration Building in downtown Chicago

Cook County reassesses the city every three years. Here is how the process works and how owners and tenants can respond.

SBA disaster loans open to Cook County storm victims

The Chicago skyline seen from Montrose Harbor

After an SBA disaster declaration for Cook County, homeowners, renters and businesses hit by storm damage can apply for low-interest recovery loans.

Wilson Yard TIF grants can help Uptown owners fix up storefronts

Broadway and Wilson Avenue in Uptown

Owners in the Wilson Yard TIF district can apply for Small Business Improvement Fund grants to remodel building exteriors and interiors or to expand.

Shiller and Board of Review set property tax appeal seminars

The Cook County Administration Building in downtown Chicago

Ald. Helen Shiller and the Cook County Board of Review scheduled two November property tax relief seminars, at Temple Shalom and Truman College.

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