City Council members at their Sept. 27 meeting gave developers of a mixed-use development, a residential project and an office building an additional 18 months to obtain building permits. Several […]
Author Archives: Mary Gavin
Mary Gavin is the founder of the Evanston RoundTable. After 23 years as its publisher and manager, she helped transition the RoundTable to nonprofit status in 2021. She continues to write, edit, mentor and serve on the Advisory Committee.
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Artists Book House seeks delay in meeting Harley Clarke mansion fundraising goals
Artists Book House, the nonprofit organization that in 2021 signed a 40-year lease for the Harley Clarke mansion, is asking City Council to modify some of the terms of the […]
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Foster Senior Club celebrates 65 years
Smiles were everywhere – in the eyes of the mask-wearers and on their faces when they felt comfortable enough to remove the masks. The luncheon celebrating the 65th anniversary of […]
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Future of Foster Field in doubt as District 65 eyes site for new 5th Ward school
Foster Field is a busy place in spring, summer and fall. Teams play football, baseball, soccer and ultimate Frisbee on the athletic fields that lie along the south side of […]
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Larry and Mary Gavin: Some comments about the proposed new Fifth Ward school
A little over 10 years ago, the Evanston RoundTable published a lengthy editorial supporting a referendum to establish a new school in the Fifth Ward. We wrote that editorial. After […]
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Test results at District 65 for incoming kindergartners dip in pandemic year
By several measures, alums of District 65’s Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Education Center (JEH) seem to be at least on par with their private-school peers in some areas as […]
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Will the new TIF hasten or control gentrification in the Fifth Ward?
With the Evanston City Council’s Oct. 25 approval of a tax-increment financing (TIF) district on the city’s central west side, it appears to have taken the gamble that progress for […]
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Agreement for proposed TIF commits District 65 to make ‘good faith efforts’ for Fifth Ward school
If City Council decides to vote on the proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) district in Evanston’s central Fifth Ward, one of the documents it will consider is a proposed intergovernmental agreement […]
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How Fifth Ward school issues are affecting proposed TIF agreement
Discussion about the proposed tax-increment financing district in the City’s Fifth Ward continued Sept. 29 at the City-Schools Liaison Committee meeting. Two days earlier, at the request of two School […]
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Cómo los problemas de la escuela Fifth Ward están afectando el acuerdo TIF propuesto
La discusión sobre la propuesta del financiamiento de incremento de impuestos (TIF) en el Distrito Quinto de la Ciudad continuó el 29 de septiembre en la reunión del Comité de […]