TIF Funding Proposed for East Garfield Park Performing Arts Center

BandWith Chicago, a youth performing arts and wellness advocacy organization, would create a $12.3 million permanent headquarters in East Garfield Park through a financial proposal introduced to City Council today by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The nonprofit organization would receive up to $5 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance to build out a 21,460-square-foot building at 134-56 S. California Ave. for its free performing arts programs. The work would create new rehearsal and performance spaces and classrooms for music, dance, drumline, sound engineering and choral instruction.

Located one block from where BandWith began operations in 2013, the work would also include retail space for a cafe and a Horizons for Youth educational resource center.

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