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City to HUD: Affordable housing is biggest need - Evanston Now
12 hours ago · Evanston’s Housing and Community Development Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a five-year plan outlining the city’s housing needs and how it plans to address them with federal housing funds. The HUD Consolidated Plan, first released for public review last month, identifies the state of ...
News - Evanston Now
6 days ago · State moves toward mandating changes now under consideration in Evanston.
South suburban man charged with theft - Evanston Now
12 hours ago · Evanston police say they charged a man from Hazel Crest, Illinois, a far-south Chicago suburb with four counts of retail theft last week. A 33-year-old Evanston man was charged with domestic battery on Friday at 2021 Dodge Ave.
Popular pub is back - Evanston Now
4 days ago · Few things are warmer than the welcome you get at an Irish pub, and when it’s 17 degrees outside, the warmth inside is even better. That warmth returned to Evanston with the Thursday afternoon opening of the Celtic Knot, at its new home, 2022 Central St.
Foster School could come in under budget - Evanston Now
16 hours ago · In a report to the District 65 Board of Education for Monday night’s meeting, Cordogan Clark, the school’s architect and construction management firm, recommends approving nine bids worth $23.4 million, for things like roofing and structural steel.
Some alders seek ‘Envision’ delay - Evanston Now
5 days ago · Three city council members are seeking to postpone action on the city’s new comprehensive plan and zoning code until after the April 1 election. Ald. Clare Kelly (1st), with support from Alds. Tom Suffredin (6th) and Devon Reid (8th), asked the city’s Referrals Committee this week “to remove ...
Recap: City Council - Evanston Now
Nov 12, 2024 · The City Council approved for introduction Evanston’s 2025 city budget Monday night as well as two planned developments. Here’s a recap of our live coverage the meeting. The meeting was most recently scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. Sign up for our free newsletter. Suffredin … asks re revisions ...
Council contenders demand zoning delay - Evanston Now
Dec 6, 2024 · And here’s what the three candidates hoping to replace the retiring Melissa Wynne in representing the 3rd Ward had to say. John B. Kennedy said the “radical design for rezoning” should become a campaign issue so a new council would then “have the direction to either move forward with the plan or radically revise it,”
Two shot on Dempster - Evanston Now
Aug 6, 2024 · Evanston Police say two men were hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday morning after they were shot Monday evening in the 1700 block of Dempster Street.