Category: City News

The day-glo signs on the windows of the vacant store at Oakton Street and Asbury Avenue are slipping downward and the parking lot is bare, but a new partnership says […]

Imagine walking out the front door one summer day and strolling down the street to an Olympic event. If the 2016 Olympic games are awarded to Chicago, many Evanston residents […]

Almost everyone agrees that the Robert Crown Center is in dire need of serious improvements. At a Jan. 5 Human Services Committee meeting, Playground and Recreation Board Chair Mark Metz […]

Coleen Burrus Candidate for 9th Ward Alderman. Public policy attracted Coleen Burrus to the Chicago area. She came from Missouri, where she was a senior planner for St. Louis County, […]

At the Feb. 16 Rules Committee meeting, aldermen and City staff continued their discussion of how to induce tax-exempt agencies to make a contribution to the City. Some aldermen said […]

Public Works director John Burke will leave his position at the City of Evanston this month to return to consulting work in his native New England. As director of transportation […]

On Feb. 9, the City Council took a step toward easing the economic burden on Evanston taxpayers. More than two weeks ahead of the legal deadline of March 1, aldermen […]

If or when the murky economic fog lifts, some residents say they fear the City’s downtown area may itself become darker and denser. The downtown plan – with its controversial […]