February 2007 - Evanston Now

Business

New subsidized home on Dodge OK’d

Just shy of a deadline to spend federal affordable housing funds, the Evanston City Council this week approved using $95,000 of the federal money to help build a single-family home

By Bill Smith on February 28, 2007 - 1:40 pm

Business

Sherman Plaza may have company

The owners of 708 Church St. have agreed to sell the vintage two-story downtown retail and office building. The buyer reportedly is Sherman Plaza developer Focus Development Inc.Jim Nash of

By Bill Smith on February 27, 2007 - 10:58 pm

Business

Aldermen boost property tax levy 3.35%

Evanston aldermen Monday adopted a budget for the fiscal year starting Thursday that calls for a 3.35 percent increase in the property tax levy.The tax increase is higher than the

By Bill Smith on February 27, 2007 - 12:25 pm

Business

Mayor Morton’s sister dies

Evanston Mayor Lorraine Morton's sister, Mamie H. Seruby, died on Sunday morning.Services are scheduled Tuesday with visitation at 7:30 p.m. and the funeral at 8 p.m. at Second Baptist Church,

By Bill Smith on February 26, 2007 - 7:24 pm

Business

Another west side Civic Center plan

Evanston developer John Wertymer says he's teamed up with Roger Parris of Manchester Realty to put together a proposal for a second new Civic Center site on Evanston's west side.Mr.

By Bill Smith on February 25, 2007 - 9:28 pm

Business

Faulty math exaggerates housing crunch

By ignoring changing mortgage interest rates, affordable housing advocates have greatly exaggerated the cost-crunch facing would-be home buyers in Evanston.In a report scheduled for presentation to the City Council tomorrow,

By Bill Smith on February 25, 2007 - 7:38 pm

Business

Aldermen decide to split west side plan

Evanston aldermen Thursday decided to split the west side plan into several parts. They suggested they would makeÂ some parts mandatory andÂ some advisory. And they said they wantÂ other parts reworked before

By Bill Smith on February 23, 2007 - 7:39 pm

1890 Maple plan

Business

Lots of heat over Maple development

Angry verbal exchanges broke out at Wednesday's Plan Commission meeting after an opponent of the proposed 14-story 1890 Maple Ave. project claimed that neighbors who testified in favor of the

By Bill Smith on February 23, 2007 - 1:15 am

Government

Aldermen try to pin down rehab cost

Evanston aldermen concededÂ tonight that their ballot question claiming it would cost $31 million to rehab the Civic Center probably overstates the cost of the job.The figures, from a report submitted

By Bill Smith on February 21, 2007 - 5:10 am

Business

Council slices property tax boost

Evanston aldermen went into Monday's budget session looking at a 6.5 percent property tax increase, and after several close votes came out with a boost trimmed to 3.9 percent.The aldermen

By Bill Smith on February 20, 2007 - 12:00 pm

Business

Arts center teaches construction skills

Long-standing plans to revive the corner of Church and Dodge are beginning to take shape with construction now well underway to convert an abandoned store into a performing arts center

By Bill Smith on February 19, 2007 - 10:25 pm

Business

Chief can’t compete with Nascar

Evanston's new police chief, Richard Eddington, told a small group of residents Sunday that he sees acquiring additional computer software to better track crime patterns as one of his early

By Bill Smith on February 19, 2007 - 5:23 pm

Government

Shovel slackers get visit from city

City officials say they've handed out about 60 warning notices to property owners who failed to clear their sidewalks after this week's snow storm.Property Standard Inspection Supervisor Jeff Murphy says

By Bill Smith on February 17, 2007 - 1:06 pm

Business

Mayor: All areas need affordable housing

Mayor Lorraine Morton says she hopes the City Council will completely re-examine the issue of affordable housing in Evanston in the wake of her veto of the inclusionary housing ordinance.The

By Bill Smith on February 16, 2007 - 11:11 pm

Open Studio

Mayor makes arts awards

Richard Halstead and Open Studio Project have won the 2006 Mayor's Awards for the Arts. 1174

By Bill Smith on February 16, 2007 - 9:30 pm

Government

Snow shovel slackers

Our occasional correspondent, Mr. Cranky, reports today that while many Evanstonians have faithfully performed their neighborly duty of shoveling the walks in front of their properties, an annoying minority have

By Bill Smith on February 16, 2007 - 5:09 pm

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