The Cook County Assessor’s Office release initial assessments of residential and commercial properties in the township of West Chicago. This is the second of eight townships in the City of Chicago to be reassessed in 2021 and the second Chicago township to be reassessed under the leadership of Assessor Fritz Kaegi, who took office after Chicago’s last reassessment in 2018. West Chicago Township follows the Chicago River at its east and southern borders. Its western border begins at Belmont and Western Avenues, runs west to Kedzie then down to North Avenue, then west to the city limits. Its southwest border tracks Roosevelt then proceeds south along the BNSF railroad tracks to the Chicago River. All property owners in West Chicago Township have been mailed an assessment notice. If the property characteristics listed on an assessment notice are incorrect, or if the estimated market value of a property is significantly more than what it could sell for in the current real estate market, property owners should file an appeal. Property owners are encouraged to use the Assessor’s Office’s new, award-winning online system to file their appeals. Appeals for West Township can be filed until August 23, 2021. More information on filing appeals can be found at cookcountyassessor.com/appeals. To learn more about property assessments and appeals, join the Assessor’s Office at a virtual event listed here: cookcountyassessor.com/event-list.