Evanston Land Use Commission to weigh in on NU stadium proposals chicagobusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagobusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Evanston City Council approved the sale of the city-owned empty lot at the corner of Church Street and Darrow Avenue to Housing Opportunities Development Corporation, effectively moving forward the nonprofit organization’s proposed 33-unit affordable housing project. Housing Opportunities Development Corporation has partnered with Mt. Pisgah Ministry, a small church in the city’s 5th Ward, to ...
Evanston City Council approves lot sale for HODC, Mt. Pisgah project chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
City council voted 6-2 Monday night to approve a proposed affordable housing development on Church Street. The two council votes were the final hurdle in the controversial development’s more than two-year-long approval process. The planned four-story mixed-use building is set to have ground-floor retail space, on-site parking and 33 units of affordable housing units. While...
City Council directed city staff to gather new proposals to renovate the Harley Clarke Mansion on Monday. The rundown landmark’s future has been uncertain since mid January, when educational nonprofit Artists Book House pulled out of a lease agreement with the city. The organization was meant to occupy the building for 40 years. The organization...
City Council voted Monday to approve a special use permit for Connections for the Homeless to operate a rooming house at the Margarita Inn. Connections, an Evanston-based nonprofit, has been offering housing services to individuals experiencing houselessness at the five-story residential building on Oak Avenue since March 2020. Following the city’s decision in March 2022...
City Council approved a contract award to C.H. Johnson Consulting to conduct a study on the economic impact of the Rebuild Ryan Field project Monday night. The council voted 6-2 to fund the contract with the Chicago-based firm with no more than $78,500 to research how Northwestern’s plan to hold concerts at the renovated stadium...
City Council discussed plans to improve the city’s pedestrian crosswalks Monday. The city currently has 67 crossings, excluding those at controlled intersections — crossings regulated by traffic signals or all-way stop signs — according to a presentation given by Public Works Director Edgar Cano. Residents frequently request that the city add more crossings, Cano said....
Gary Schwartz, an Evanston resident for 54 years, said some parking meters don’t work when he inserts money. So he sent a written complaint to Ald. Thomas Suffredin (6th). But after many emails to Suffredin and other officials, Schwartz gave up. According to the city’s Parking Study Executive Summary, the “quaint community with a small...
City Council voted 8-1 to refer a ban on cashless businesses back to the Economic Development Committee and the Equity and Empowerment Commission on Monday. The proposed ordinance would make it illegal for Evanston businesses to deny cash payments. Residents would be able to report violations to the city’s call center. Business owners would be...