Business

The Main Street Subway on the city’s closed list

Bob4 months ago4 months ago02 mins

Here’s a list of businesses in Evanston that have closed since the start of the year, according to the city’s latest Open-Closed business report. 1. Subway, 900 Chicago Ave. 2. Giordano’s, 1527 Chicago Ave. 3. Zeymart 1828 Dempster St. 4. Semper Laser, 900 Church St. 5. Best Buy, 2301 Howard St. 6. ZenEco (homebased). 7….

City may start recruiting businesses to fill vacant storefronts

Bob7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Evanston Economic Development Committee members showed interest last week in a plan to recruit businesses to fill empty storefronts, taking advantage of new search tools that would allow them to find businesses that might be a good fit. “A lot of what drives our concerns about vacancy isn’t really about, ‘Why don’t…

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The Main Street Subway on the city’s closed list

City may start recruiting businesses to fill vacant storefronts