Jan 30, 2025 · Breaking news and in depth community news for Evanston, Illinois.

1 day ago · The National Weather Service says Evanston is likely to see freezing rain and freezing drizzle starting around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The icy conditions are expected to continue through 6 a.m. Thursday morning. Sign up for our free newsletter. Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely ...

1 day ago · Evanston/Skokie District 65 is the incredible shrinking system, losing more than 20% of its enrollment since 2018. While some of that is due to demographic factors outside the school board’s control, there are also families who left because of …

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Jan 12, 2025 · April 2023 – The City advertises for consulting firms to develop a new comprehensive plan and zoning code. At that point the schedule called for adoption of the new documents by August 2025.. May 22, 2023 – Evanston Now reports that zoning reform has stalled out in Evanston — with all proposed changes bottled up for 19 months in a committee chaired by Ald. Clare Kelly (1st).

Jan 15, 2025 · Evanston is one of 18 communities nationwide to share in a $100 million federal Housing and Urban Development grant designed to boost housing supply and lower housing costs. The PRO Housing grants, said Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman, were awarded to communities to help them address ...

Jan 4, 2025 · 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.

Jan 9, 2025 · Fans and foes of zoning reform turned out in large and roughly equal numbers Wednesday night Wednesday night to provide feedback as the Land Use Commission considered revisions to the city’s proposed comprehensive plan. Reform supporters organized by Connections for the Homeless donned blue shirts ...

Jan 4, 2025 · According to The Pew Charitable Trusts, Minneapolis saw duplexes and triplexes make up only 1% of new construction between 2017 and 2022 across the city.. Over 87% of new units were in buildings with 20 or more units. But Pew also found that Minneapolis saw a decrease in homelessness, an increase in rents far below the state or national average and an increase of Black residents in the city.

Sep 20, 2024 · Resident Jennifer Packman said she had serious concerns about the plan to eliminate single-family zoning, saying “it seems like a dramatic change,” and asking whether the city has enough data to show it has worked elsewhere.. Planning manager Liz Williams said the change would be gradual. “Evanston is known for being a community with a lot of different types of housing,” she said ...