Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Larry Rogers will hold a property tax appeal forum on Wednesday, May 6 at the Maywood Multi-Purpose Building, 200 S. 5^th Avenue in Maywood.  The forum will start at 7 PM.  Commissioner Rogers and his staff will work with Maywood residents with forms appealing their property tax assessment.

Forms can be filled out at the forum; deadline for submitting forms for Proviso Township residents is May 20.  At a similar forum last year, more than 400 residents filled out forms.  According to Commissioner Rogers’ office, more than 70% were successful in their appeal.

Hosted by the Village of Maywood, Mayor Henderson Yarbrough once again was appreciative of Commissioner Rogers’ outreach in behalf of village residents.  “At a time when our residents face tremendous financial challenges, it is encouraging that homeowners have an opportunity to reduce their tax burden.  In behalf of all our residents, I thank Commissioner Rogers and his staff for helping our residents with this appeal process,” the mayor concluded.

Commissioner Rogers called the present economic climate “one of the worst periods in our nation’s history.  We are suffering from declining property values while facing increasing property taxes.”  He characterized his office’s efforts as “an historic outreach directed at taxpayers whose assessments fail to mirror the well-documented economic downturn in the real estate market.”

For further information on the property tax appeal forum, contact the Office of the Mayor at 708: 450-4492.