Although I know which 185 acres they added, I'm wondering why that wasn't included either...

I don't expect the "News Blog" to include full-featured stories. It's what they post while they are *working on* the full-featured stories. Sheesh.
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That said, if you haven't figured out what a TIF District is in the thirty years that Janesville has been using them, that's pretty much your fault.

Northman, I think a lot of people read on-line newspapers because they are cheap, lazy ego-maniacs.

If you want to know what TIF means maybe you'll just have read Tuesday's Janesville Gazette, read online in the Gazette’s E-Edition or check back at GazetteXtra.com.

Justin:
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One reason people read on-line newspapers is because reporters are paid to do the research and associated leg-work, so we don't have to spend a lot of time doing it ourselves. Think about it -- should 1000 people do a web search to figure out what an acronym means, or should the reporter do the job properly and include it in the story? Should be a no-brainer.

You are on a computer and obviously have an internet connection. Instead of expecting everything to be handed to you, why don't you do a little leg work yourself and look it up. I did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increme...

Tax Increment Financing?
Tagged Image File?
Temporary Internet Files?
Teacher Incentive Fund?
Test & Integration Facility?

I have no idea either.

That's exactly what I was wondering about....what does TIF mean?

On the outside chance that somebody doesn't know what a "TIF" is, it would be nice to explain it here. The *really* good journalists always spell out an acronym the first time they use it.