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For the past two years, Environmental Justice Evanston has been working on a prototype of a map based on environmental equities data in partnership with the city. The geographic information system mapping tool, set in motion in October 2022 by Mayor Daniel Biss as part of the Environment Equity Investigation, will identify the places in. ....
City Council discussed proposals for distributing the city’s remaining $6.4 million in Evanston’s American Rescue Plan Act funds Monday. In 2021, Evanston received $43 million to respond to health, social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on input from councilmembers, city committees and staff members, city staff created a list of 13 proposals. ....
Evanston’s infrastructure includes more than 7,000 public lead pipes, which can cause cancer and other illnesses. Like many Chicago area suburbs, Evanston is full of lead service lines. Many of Evanston’s pipes were built in the 20th century, before the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act strengthened federal regulations. The pipes have yet to be replaced.. ....
Janet Alexander Davis, an Evanston resident of 80 years, lived much of her life wondering why her neighborhood always seemed to smell. A few years ago, she discovered the source: the Church Street waste transfer station, a garbage dump in the 5th Ward. “I finally realized that there was no reason for this garbage dump. ....