New Shops
Gathering places
downtown
New Restaurants
More reasons to stay
in town
Streets built for
walking
Easy to get around on
foot
Safer for Everyone
Planned with our
community in mind
Why We’re Engaged Now
$350k
walking out the door every year that building sits empty – money that, if nothing changes, we’ll end up covering ourselves through higher taxes
Decades
in expenses the Village has already flagged as coming due – streets, water mains, pensions – and if we don’t act now, residents are the ones who’ll foot the bill
No New Tax
We’re pushing the Village toward a TIF – put the growth that’s already coming to work for us, instead of shifting this burden onto our own tax bills
Why Tif?
Least to Ask, Most to Gain
Of every option on the table for the Village, this is the one that asks the least from residents while doing the most for our community.
$5M
in projected growth inside the TIF District – value that gets reinvested right back into fixing what’s already broken, not funneled elsewhere.
~$38/year
the estimated cost to a typical $500K homeowner, based on 2025 tax figures — a small ask next to what’s coming due if we don’t act.
Who we are
We’re Northfield Forward Fund, an independent coalition of residents and business
owners advocating for a thoughtful, well-informed approach to downtown redevelopment.
We believe a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district is the right tool to get there.
Northfield Forward Fund 