After a developer proposed a 60-unit mixed affordable housing development last fall for the south portion of Evanston along the lakefront, Evanston 3rd Ward Alderperson Melissa Wynne is hosting a community meeting Thursday, Aug. 31 for neighbors and interested parties to discuss it. Cleveland-based PIRHL is set to develop the project and will be at the 7 p.m. community meeting alongside .
Growing up in Evanston’s 2nd Ward, Darlene Cannon lived in a mostly Black neighborhood. Since she was born in Evanston more than five decades ago, she has lived within the same four-block radius. Her community was built on support, she said, where children would always play together outside. But the demographics of her community have.