1+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Evanston author Gilo Kwesi Logan, a diversity and leadership consultant who published a book earlier this year to honor his father, the city’s first Black police chief, is entering the crowded race for Evanston mayor. Logan is the seventh person…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (426+ words) The sold-out 12th annual Taste of Evanston delivered music, good times and delicious samples from dozens of local restaurants Sunday afternoon on the Dawes House grounds. More importantly, the event, which is organized annually by Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club, delivered vital…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) Northwestern University says it has addresses most of the maintenance issues of several vacant single family homes it owns that have faced fines by the city. Updates on some of the properties were provided Tuesday during an NU-City Committee meeting....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) The Land Use Commission will consider two text amendments to the zoning code Wednesday evening. Both proposals from city staff were triggered by referrals from Ald. Matt Rodger (8th). Our PM Report newsletter is published daily at 4:30 p.m. One would require a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) Evanston’s City Council voted Monday night to have consulting firm Code Studio lead the city’s zoning code overhaul. Alders had postponed the decision last month after concerns of the proposed cost, as well as the fact that only two bidders…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (354+ words) Evanston city staff proposes just over $16 million in park and recreational facility improvements next year in a draft capital improvements plan presented to the Parks Board Thursday night. Roughly $8.8 million would be for the Mason Park expansion project that would…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (624+ words) Members of Evanston’s Preservation Commission, the city’s preservation planner, Cade Sterling, and 1st Ward Ald. Clare Kelly took to the streets Thursday morning for a walking tour of vacant properties owned by Northwestern University. The goal, the group said, was to…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) Residents offered often conflicting ideas Tuesday evening for how to develop vacant city-owned land at Emerson Street and Jackson Avenue. Evanston officials and consultants from Aggregate Studio and Architecture for Public Benefit hosted the first of two planned listening sessions…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (209+ words) Plans to renovate parts of the Three Crown Parks retirement community were advanced by Evanston’s City Council Monday night. However, alders preliminarily approved the project with an amendment that effectively blocks construction of a proposed new parking lot on the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (161+ words) After just over a year of construction, Northlight Theatre’s new home along Church Street in downtown Evanston will open this fall, setting the stage for the theater’s return to its original home after decades away. Since 2013, Northlight has been eyeing…...