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Evanston’s new reparations fund has received 146 applications and $26,230 in donations, according to Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson.
Richardson released the figures last week at a City Council Reparations Committee meeting, which provided an update on funding and applicants for the program.
Richardson also told the committee that 29 out of 107 applicants were considered “ancestors,” or Black residents who lived in the city between 1919 and 1969 (the figures were current as of Sept. 30). This subgroup of individuals, so far, is most interested in home improvement and mortgage assistance.
Dan Toomey, Michael Horvich and Barbara Myers are veteran collectors. One-of-a-kind artifacts, ubiquitous and often discarded items, small oddities, family mementoes and handcrafted objects are the treasures and lifeblood of these Evanston collectors whose creative pleasures also include organizing, displaying and living with their collections.
Read about the stories of these three Evanston collectors, with their eclectic, whimsical, artistic sensibilities.
COVID by the numbers: Fifteen new cases were reported yesterday in Evanston. The seven-day average is nine.
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