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Councilmembers and residents discussed concerns and benefits for a proposed Evanston dog park during Monday’s City Council meeting. After Lake Michigan’s rising waters submerged Evanston’s fenced-off dog beach in 2016, some community members have pushed for a new, dedicated space for dogs. Evanston residents have access to the 2.7 acre Pooch Park, jointly run by...
Evanston Now Residents: Build dog park, but not near me Dog owners -- and non-dog owners -- offered lots of reasons not to have a new dog park close to home. Candy Lee. Almost all residents speaking at an online meeting this evening told city staff that Evanston should build a new dog park — but not put it in their neighborhood. A city staff analysis listed Clark Square Park on the lakefront as the highest-rated location that was actually big enough to accommodate a dog park A slide from the city staff presentation. The blue tint shows the proposed dog park site.
Lead On: Drinking from a lead straw DARRELL KING: We’re in full compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule. TOM NELTNER: So who you’re going to miss are typically working families. You might miss younger families. DARRELL KING: Well, most of the time, it just really comes down to access. You’d be amazed at how difficult it is to get people to participate. ROBIN RUE SIMMONS: I disagree with there being barriers. That is an excuse that I would not tolerate going forward. We have families that need to know if they are vulnerable to unhealthy lead levels in their water.
December 22, 2020 Second Ward resident Regina SantâAnna has helped her elderly neighbor carry hundreds of boxes of bottled water from her car to her home. Living on the border of the historically Black 5th Ward, SantâAnna has noticed that some residents are concerned about their water quality. âAt times in underserved communities of color, brown or Black, you have a lot of people investing in (bottled) water,â SantâAnna said. âYou have to put in your budget plastic bottled water, because you do not trust the water systems.â SantâAnnaâs neighbor is ...