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Jan 4, 2025 · By now, nearly everyone who has read the draft of Envision Evanston 2045 has discovered gaps, lapses and conflicts in the plan. Maybe it was the unnecessary political layer that imposed a rush on city staff to meet the City Council’s election deadline.

6 days ago · After an unsparing assessment of both the positives and the negatives in the present draft of the comprehensive plan section of Envision Evanston 2045 (now decoupled from the zoning draft), members of the city’s Land Use Commission (LUC) on Jan. 29 said they would not be able to meet the City Council’s directive for a Feb. 26 vote on the plan.

Jan 14, 2025 · A large crowd lines up to speak to the City Council on Monday night. Credit: Richard Cahan There were 62 members of the public who took the microphone Monday night at the Morton Civic Center to talk about Evanston’s future.

Jan 1, 2025 · 3. Man who rescued 3 swimmers urges caution with Lake Michigan.Some 200 people were at Lighthouse Beach and a few dozen swimmers were in the water on Sunday, June 30 — despite no lifeguards on duty and a red “no swimming” flag posted — when a 41-year-old man went missing in high waves, according to Joe Flanagan, a longtime Evanston resident who helped rescue three other struggling ...

Feb 1, 2021 · The winding road to building a ramp allowing wheelchair access to Evanston’s Dog Beach grew a little bit longer Monday, with a group of council members mustering support for the city to seek a second opinion on the project from a firm headed by a resident with a long history of involvement in lakefront matters.

Jan 14, 2025 · After the 5-3 vote on the comprehensive plan’s timing, Mayor Daniel Biss made clear that the commission’s new February target is contingent on city staff and project consultants providing all of the panel’s remaining needs on time.

Jan 11, 2025 · Credit: Joerg Metzner Good Saturday morning, Evanston. Above, writers and editors of the RoundTable meet in 2024. Please notice two things in the photo above: 1) Our table is actually square! and 2) There are a couple of open chairs — we’ve saved you a seat!

Dec 8, 2024 · SP1: Staff update on Civic Center and Police/Fire headquarters relocation options and public engagement results — for discussion only.The memo notes that staff plan to research the potential of using historic tax credits to help pay for rehabilitating the existing Civic Center, as well as the feasibility of relocating the headquarters to current Northwestern-owned property at 1801 Maple and ...

Dec 16, 2024 · Residents of Evanston’s northernmost neighborhoods voiced heavy criticism of the drafts and proposals developed under Envision Evanston 2045 during a virtual meeting Thursday evening, one of the final discussions on the rezoning project this year ahead of its expected resolution sometime in 2025.. More than 130 people logged on to the joint Sixth and Seventh Ward meeting on Zoom, which ran ...