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Major water main break in Skokie - Evanston Now
2 days ago · Update 12:30 p.m.: At a noontime news conference, Evanston’s Acting Public Works Director Darrell King said city staff first learned of the break during the 5 a.m. hour Friday morning and sent crews to respond to a report of flooding at the intersection of Golf Road and Emerson Street on the Evanston/Skokie border.
Landmark the Civic Center? - Evanston Now
10 hours ago · The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center at 2100 Ridge Ave. Credit: Matthew Eadie Preservation Commission Chair Carl Klein says the group this week will consider launching an effort to designate the Civic Center building at 2100 Ridge Ave. as a local landmark. If successful, the designation would make it ...
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A step toward zero waste? - Evanston Now
2 days ago · In 2018, the City of Evanston passed a Climate Action and Resilience Plan, calling for the city to achieve zero waste by 2050. While the goal may seem lofty, a community-led grassroots effort to make it a reality took a step forward Thursday night with a presentation of a roadmap to the city’s Environment Board.
City to pay $231K for vacant lot - Evanston Now
Feb 9, 2025 · The vacant lot at 1222 Washington St. flanked by a single-family home and a former corner store. Credit: Google Evanston city council members will be asked Monday night to spend $231,500 to buy a 4,600 square foot vacant lot at 1222 Washington St. as an affordable housing site. The lot would become ...
Delay Evanston's comprehensive plan? - Evanston Now
Jan 12, 2025 · April 2023 – The City advertises for consulting firms to develop a new comprehensive plan and zoning code. At that point the schedule called for adoption of the new documents by August 2025.. May 22, 2023 – Evanston Now reports that zoning reform has stalled out in Evanston — with all proposed changes bottled up for 19 months in a committee chaired by Ald. Clare Kelly (1st).
The most-read stories of 2024 - Evanston Now
Dec 26, 2024 · That development activity was happening in the midst what a long-time developer called a real estate world “gone upside down” including high vacancy rates in downtown office buildings and downtown retail vacancies at a record high. Responding to those vacancy issues — and concern about the continuing decay of the Civic Center on Ridge Avenue — led to the decision by the City Council to ...
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Rezoning plan brings fears of 'dramatic change' - Evanston Now
Sep 20, 2024 · Resident Jennifer Packman said she had serious concerns about the plan to eliminate single-family zoning, saying “it seems like a dramatic change,” and asking whether the city has enough data to show it has worked elsewhere.. Planning manager Liz Williams said the change would be gradual. “Evanston is known for being a community with a lot of different types of housing,” she said ...