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Senior apartments to carry alderman’s name
The 60-unit affordable senior apartment building under construction at 1015 Howard St. was named this afternoon for retiring 8th Ward Alderman Ann Rainey.
Alderman Ann Rainey with developer David Block.
The 60-unit affordable senior apartment building under construction at 1015 Howard St. was named this afternoon for retiring 8th Ward Alderman Ann Rainey.
Developer David Block of Evergreen Real Estate Group said the name would honor “one of the most dedicated public servants that I’ve ever worked with.”
Dozens of people turned out for the dedication ceremony.
Mayor Steve Hagerty said, “You can be an elected official, and you can stand up there and vote ‘no’ to lots and lots of things, or you can be an elected official who has vision, who understands the partnerships that you need with the private sector, with the non-profit community, with the faith community, and you can get a hel
In his final community forum, Mayor Steve Hagerty lauded the efforts of Evanston’s Public Health Department and residents’ compliance in fighting COVID-19 at Thursday’s virtual Coronavirus Q&A.
Hagerty, city officials and volunteers answered questions sent in before the event by members of the community. From the outset Evanston’s mayor said he was proud of how the city handled the virus.
“Evanston is comparatively doing much better than a lot of our neighbors,” Hagerty said. “There is a lot to be proud of in a very difficult time. In Evanston, we did contact tracing from day one. Our numbers are attributed to that.”
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Food. Fitness. Finance. Fashion. Phones. Physicians. And fingers.
Evanston’s economic development manager Paul Zalmezak says business categories that have an “f-sound” at the beginning of their names will play a major role in how Evanston comes out of the pandemic-related downturn.
Before continuing, however, let’s explain what “fingers” means. Nail salons. Fingers.
Late Thursday afternoon, two stores with an “f”-related focus saw ribbon cuttings to celebrate their recent openings.
First, fitness. Urban Athlete, in the 1000 block of Davis Street, is a fitness and workout studio. It takes the place of another workout site, Spenga, that closed last year.
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