Casey Baldovin

Visitors to a section of Peoria’s Warehouse District will find things a touch brighter now. Twelve strands of string lights spanning the 800 block of SW Adams Street are in place and functional, completing a placemaking collaboration.

The City of Peoria has several active tax increment financing (TIF) districts, established to facilitate projects aimed at building the tax base and bolstering the city's economy. But do TIFs really work the way they’re intended?

Developer Casey Baldovin is announcing a new project in the Warehouse District. The Center is across the street from his Adams and Oak mixed-use…