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The AUX, a coalition of Evanston-based Black businesses, is set to open in December. Short for auxiliary cord, The AUX offers “a place to plug in,” for businesses and community residents, according to AUX developer Lori Laser, who also founded The Growing Season, a mindfulness nonprofit and anchor tenant for The AUX.  The 2nd Ward...

The Aux, an inclusive commercial real estate investment group, has hired Ujamaa Construction, Chicago‘s largest Black-owned construction enterprise.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore announced Robin Rue Simmons and Tosha Wilson as their 2023 YWomen honorees. The pair are being honored for their leadership in female advancement and racial justice in Evanston and beyond.  The YWomen Leadership Celebration was established in 2008 to recognize prominent Evanston women in areas of advocacy, initiative, and empowerment. Community members...

While many might view laundry as a mundane chore, two Evanston natives envision a space in which locals could leave the laundromat with both clean clothes and stronger ties to their community.  Tosha Wilson and Jacqui White, co-owners of The Laundry Cafe, hope to open their “Starbucks of laundromats” in the 2nd Ward in early...

A brand-new hub for start-ups and small businesses centered around uplifting Black entrepreneurs is coming to Evanston, with developers hoping to open the space next fall.   The AUX highlights intersections between commerce and community. The commercial center is dedicated to healing, wellness and racial equity by and for the community, according to the project’s website....

Shiso spaghetti by On The Bridge in Japan Center Support Japan Center: Foot traffic at Japan Center is definitely picking up, which brings happy tears to my eyes, but the businesses there will need some weekday support as well in order to bounce back and catch up financially from an extraordinarily unfair and difficult year in which their landlord was reportedly unwilling to give them a break. As I work on an upcoming guide to suggest some specific food finds in the area that are both new and ...

Trump leaving office in defeat | Morning Newsletter Ashley Hoffman, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Adam McNeil, founder of SistaTalkPHL, an organization that supports Black mothers, stands for a portrait at The Laundry Cafe on Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Good morning. First: It turns out, he alone could break it — the impeachment record that is. Trump became the first president to be impeached twice yeste...