Library Board debates action plan to address security issues
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Public Library officials have added several new positions and stepped up staff training on de-escalating techniques…
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Northwestern stadium project crosses ward lines to become an election issue
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston voters will go to the polls Tuesday to fill two City Council seats, in a rare…
More than attracting businesses is needed to invigorate city’s business districts
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston officials have released a draft of consultants’ findings in a much-anticipated report, Evanston Thrives, that lays…
Finance committee members split over how to pay for city’s capital projects
By Bob Seidenberg The city’s Finance and Budget Committee wants to pay for $17.7 million in capital improvement projects by…
‘We need a groundbreaking!’ Council approves construction contract for a new Evanston animal shelter
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston animal shelter advocates, after more than three-years’ of efforts to replace the city’s cramped animal shelter…
Local business owners seek greater proof that workweek changes are needed
By Bob Seidenberg Members of a City Council committee held off Feb. 6 moving forward on an ordinance requiring employers…
Nathan M. Norman, the city’s Workforce Development Coordinator.
Evanston would team up with Mather to create a workforce pipeline for city youth
By Bob Seidenberg As one of the city’s oldest and largest employers, Mather has as its mission, helping people age…
Low vacancy rate doesn’t pass eye test with one EDC member
By Bob Seidenberg The economic development climate in Evanston is expected to start warming up next month, when a report on…
Step by step, new ward boundaries taking shape in Evanston
By Bob Seidenberg Members of the city’s Redistricting Committee are inching toward mapping the city’s first new political boundaries in…
City housing committee supports $4 million gap money to developer partnering with church on 44-unit affordable housing project
By Bob Seidenberg The city’s Housing & Community Development Committee recommended in favor of providing $4 million in gap financing…