Evanston’s Economic Development Committee gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to providing a $500,000 sales tax rebate to the proposed Farmers Best Market at Asbury Avenue and Oakton Street. The rebate would be used to recoup a portion of an estimated $2.2 million in work planned by owner Nick Merikas to rehab and equip the store […]
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Tax rebate proposed for new market
Evanston’s Economic Development Committee gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to providing a $500,000 sales tax rebate to the proposed Farmers Best Market at Asbury Avenue and Oakton Street. The rebate would be used to recoup a portion of an estimated $2.2 million in work planned by owner Nick Merikas to rehab and equip the store […]
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Tax rebate proposed for new market
Evanston’s Economic Development Committee gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to providing a $500,000 sales tax rebate to the proposed Farmers Best Market at Asbury Avenue and Oakton Street. The rebate would be used to recoup a portion of an estimated $2.2 million in work planned by owner Nick Merikas to rehab and equip the store […]
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Plan board lops top off wedding cake
Evanston’s Plan Commission voted 5-3 Wednesday to trim the proposed height limit on the Fountain Square block downtown. The deeply split panel voted on wildly varying height limits for the block — ranging from five to forty-two stories, but deadlocked 4-4 on the other options. They did unanimously reject the idea that the entire block […]
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Plan board lops top off wedding cake
Evanston’s Plan Commission voted 5-3 Wednesday to trim the proposed height limit on the Fountain Square block downtown. The deeply split panel voted on wildly varying height limits for the block — ranging from five to forty-two stories, but deadlocked 4-4 on the other options. They did unanimously reject the idea that the entire block […]
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Plan board lops top off wedding cake
Evanston’s Plan Commission voted 5-3 Wednesday to trim the proposed height limit on the Fountain Square block downtown. The deeply split panel voted on wildly varying height limits for the block — ranging from five to forty-two stories, but deadlocked 4-4 on the other options. They did unanimously reject the idea that the entire block […]
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Plan board lops top off wedding cake
Evanston’s Plan Commission voted 5-3 Wednesday to trim the proposed height limit on the Fountain Square block downtown. The deeply split panel voted on wildly varying height limits for the block — ranging from five to forty-two stories, but deadlocked 4-4 on the other options. They did unanimously reject the idea that the entire block […]
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Committee votes to replace Civic Center roof
Members of the Evanston City Council’s Civic Center Committee voted 4-2 tonight in favor of replacing the building’s roof. The vote came after city staff presented a report outlining roughly $10 million in potential repairs to the building — including about $2 million for the roof. But there seemed to be little interest among the […]
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Committee votes to replace Civic Center roof
Members of the Evanston City Council’s Civic Center Committee voted 4-2 tonight in favor of replacing the building’s roof. The vote came after city staff presented a report outlining roughly $10 million in potential repairs to the building — including about $2 million for the roof. But there seemed to be little interest among the […]
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Committee votes to replace Civic Center roof
Members of the Evanston City Council’s Civic Center Committee voted 4-2 tonight in favor of replacing the building’s roof. The vote came after city staff presented a report outlining roughly $10 million in potential repairs to the building — including about $2 million for the roof. But there seemed to be little interest among the […]
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Committee votes to replace Civic Center roof
Members of the Evanston City Council’s Civic Center Committee voted 4-2 tonight in favor of replacing the building’s roof. The vote came after city staff presented a report outlining roughly $10 million in potential repairs to the building — including about $2 million for the roof. But there seemed to be little interest among the […]
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West End Market Alive and Well!
The West End Market is Alive and Well! The West End Market, offering fresh produce at Church and Dodge on Saturdays since mid-June, is alive and well! This is good news to marketgoers who may have been discouraged when they came to Market Aug. 2 to find that the friendly farmer who sells wonderful fresh […]
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West End Market Alive and Well!
The West End Market is Alive and Well! The West End Market, offering fresh produce at Church and Dodge on Saturdays since mid-June, is alive and well! This is good news to marketgoers who may have been discouraged when they came to Market Aug. 2 to find that the friendly farmer who sells wonderful fresh […]
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West End Market Alive and Well!
The West End Market is Alive and Well! The West End Market, offering fresh produce at Church and Dodge on Saturdays since mid-June, is alive and well! This is good news to marketgoers who may have been discouraged when they came to Market Aug. 2 to find that the friendly farmer who sells wonderful fresh […]
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West End Market Alive and Well!
The West End Market is Alive and Well! The West End Market, offering fresh produce at Church and Dodge on Saturdays since mid-June, is alive and well! This is good news to marketgoers who may have been discouraged when they came to Market Aug. 2 to find that the friendly farmer who sells wonderful fresh […]
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Seven tons recycled as students move on
Northwestern University officials say students moving out of their dorms in June gave 14,000 pounds of cast-off clothing and food to a campus recycling effort. The students left the items in bins set up at dorms across campus. The school’s recycling manager, Julie Cahillane, says there was so much clothing that the school brought in […]