Chicago TIF Investment Committee Project Decisions 2019-2024

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Investment Committee Decisions data contains all projects reviewed by Chicago's TIF Investment Committee from May 2019 through December 2024. It documents committee decisions on funding requests for public infrastructure and private development projects. The dataset is published by data.cityofchicago.org and includes records from the committee's active period before meetings were suspended in January 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between TIC DECISION and PROJECT SUMMARY or TOTAL PROJECT COST to identify factors influencing funding approval.
• Map approved projects by LOCATION, Community Areas, or Wards to visualize the geographic distribution of TIF investments.
• Track trends in IMPROVEMENT TYPE and DEPARTMENT requests over time using the TIC MEETING DATE field.
• Calculate the average TIF REQUEST and PERCENTAGE OF TIF funding across different project types or community areas.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 5.5-year period from May 2019 to December 2024.
• Includes multiple geographic identifiers: Boundaries - ZIP Codes, Census Tracts, Wards, and Community Areas.
• Contains specific financial columns like TOTAL PROJECT COST, TIF REQUEST, and PERCENTAGE OF TIF for quantitative analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, preventing assessment of statistical significance.
• Data collection ended in December 2024 with no planned updates, limiting analysis of recent trends.
• Potential for incomplete records if projects were reviewed outside the stated timeframe.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Records from the TIF Investment Committee review process.

Time Range

May 2019 through December 2024

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-25, but data coverage ends in December 2024.

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA