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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Evanston bakery Hewn always accepted cash payments. But in early 2020, the business pivoted to online sales only. When the bakery reopened to walk-in customers, co-owner Julie Matthei said the business decided to keep its cashless policy to minimize bookkeeping tasks and reduce risks of theft and counterfeit bills. “For some...
City Council voted 7-1 to introduce an amendment Monday to the city code that will require shared housing in Evanston to be licensed. The council initially planned to vote on issuing a special use permit to Connections for the Homeless for its Margarita Inn shelter. However, a temporary restraining order issued by Cook County Circuit...
Councilmembers, Evanston officials and community members clashed over the future of the Harley Clarke Mansion during Monday’s City Council meeting. Non-profit Artists Book House had signed a lease with the city for the building in 2021 but decided to back out in January due to fundraising difficulties. The organization also struggled to negotiate a sublease...
As more vendors go cashless, Evanston Ald. Devon Reid doesn't want the city's unbanked population locked out of the economy. Some businesses say making them stick with cash puts them at risk.
Eva Holland-Switchett still lives in the Evanston childhood home her mother bought in 1961. She associates the house with memories of love. But Holland-Switchett, who is Black, also remembers the redlining practices her mother fought against to buy the house in the first place. For instance, her mother went to the bank to get a...