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Jan 2, 2025 · Breaking news and in depth community news for Evanston, Illinois.
Fire strikes home on Hartzell - Evanston Now
5 days ago · Evanston firefighters found a home in the 2300 block of Hartzell Street fully engulfed in flames when they arrived about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Fire Division Chief Kimberly Kull says additional units from surrounding communities were quickly called to the scene.
Snow: Up to 4 inches by Monday evening - Evanston Now
4 days ago · The National Weather Services says we could get some lake effect snow Sunday evening, with more likely on Monday. Temperatures will be in the 20s with north northwest winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. Sign up for our free newsletter. Evanston’s public works director, Edgar Cano, says crews ...
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City unveils rest of new zoning code - Evanston Now
Dec 31, 2024 · City staff released the final three chapters of Evanston’s proposed new zoning code on New Year’s Eve afternoon. The release comes just over a week before the Land Use Commission will reconvene to discuss the draft comprehensive plan, and three weeks ahead of the LUC’s scheduled discussion of the proposed zoning code.
The most-read stories of 2024 - Evanston Now
Dec 26, 2024 · That development activity was happening in the midst what a long-time developer called a real estate world “gone upside down” including high vacancy rates in downtown office buildings and downtown retail vacancies at a record high. Responding to those vacancy issues — and concern about the continuing decay of the Civic Center on Ridge Avenue — led to the decision by the City Council to ...
Council to hold hearing on budget - Evanston Now
Oct 27, 2024 · Evanston’s City Council will hold a public hearing Monday night on the city’s $342 million budget for 2025. The city has drawn down reserves to balance the budget for the past few years, but faces a looming crisis that could exhaust those reserves by 2027 if spending and revenues aren’t brought into alignment.
Will more housing = more affordability? - Evanston Now
Dec 3, 2024 · Taking a more detailed look at the New Rochelle data updated to the present, and showing both Zillow and Apartment List data, we see rent prices flatline there in Apartment List data but still increasing sharply, at least until mid-2022, in the numbers from Zillow.
City hopes to make Evanston safer to get around
Jun 3, 2024 · Ald. John Nieuwsma (4th) outlined the projects at a ward meeting Thursday. Nieuwsma, who has an engineering background, said that cities are investing in “traffic calming infrastructure.”
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