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Friends provide $600K more for Crown Center

With pledges, fundraising now totals $14.2 million as the group works to meet its $15 million stretch goal.

By Evanston Now on November 15, 2021 - 11:24 am

Residents gather for new Crown Center dedication

Evanston residents gathered in brisk fall weather today for the coronavirus-delayed dedication of the new $53 million Robert Crown Community Center.

By Barbara Freeman on October 3, 2020 - 4:36 pm

Beacon Academy pulls out of Crown deal

The non-profit raising funds for Evanston's new Robert Crown Community Center is blaming foes of the project for a decision by Beacon Academy to pull out of an agreement to pay

By Bill Smith on August 7, 2019 - 11:52 am

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Crown backers sign beam at topping out ceremony

City officials held a "topping out" ceremony for Evanston's new Robert Crown Community Center Monday afternoon at the construction site on Main Street at Dodge Avenue. Aldermen, library board members, members

By Bill Smith on June 25, 2019 - 11:42 am

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Art and library event nets $140K for Crown Center

An event celebrating planned public art and educational programming at the new Robert Crown Community Center Friday night at Campagnola Restaurant netted $141,200, bringing the total raised by Friends of

By Evanston Now on June 12, 2019 - 2:41 pm

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Aldermen to vote on art, fixtures for Crown Center

Evanston aldermen Tuesday are scheduled to approve three contracts to purchase items needed to complete the new Robert Crown Community Center. The deals include spending $325,000 with Blessing Hancock of Olympia, Washington,

By Bill Smith on May 27, 2019 - 2:23 pm

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Crown meeting descends into chaos

A couple dozen dead-end opponents of the half-completed new Robert Crown Community Center revolted this evening when asked to sit through a series of city-produced videos about the project. Instead

By Bill Smith on May 21, 2019 - 1:20 am

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Friends provide $5 million check for Crown Center

The Friends of the Robert Crown Center turned over a $5 million ceremonial check to city officials at Monday night's Evanston City Council meeting to support the $53 million recreation center

By Bill Smith on May 14, 2019 - 2:06 pm

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Crown funding OK’d on split vote

Evanston aldermen Monday approved the second of two planned bond issues to fund the new Robert Crown Community Center on a 7-2 vote. Aldermen Robin Rue Simmons, 5th Ward, and

By Bill Smith on April 23, 2019 - 1:50 pm

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Rec center funding plans move forward

Despite continued complaints from speakers seeking to derail the project, Evanston aldermen moved forward Monday night with plans to fund completion of the new Robert Crown Community Center. The aldermen:

By Bill Smith on April 9, 2019 - 10:03 pm

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Council to approve Friends agreement for Crown

Evanston aldermen Monday are scheduled to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Friends of the Robert Crown Center, the volunteer fundraising group for the new recreation center now under

By Bill Smith on April 7, 2019 - 10:50 am

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City: New Crown Center on schedule, on budget

City officials say the Crown Center project is on budget and on schedule for the new building to open late this year and that funding agreements with major donors are being

By Bill Smith on March 15, 2019 - 2:51 pm

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Mayor fields questions on rec center, mansion

Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty held a town hall meeting at the Ecology Center this evening where he fielded questions that focused largely on funding of the Robert Crown Community Center

By Bill Smith on February 21, 2019 - 4:15 am

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Crown foes try to derail rec center project

Seven months after Evanston aldermen approved a $53 million plan to build a new Robert Crown Center and six months after construction started, a handful of angry residents tried to derail

By Bill Smith on February 14, 2019 - 2:12 am

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Crown Center construction starts this month

The two-year process of building the new Robert Crown Community Center, Ice Complex and Library is scheduled to start this month. The project, at Main Street and Dodge Avenue, will include

By Evanston Now on August 6, 2018 - 8:57 pm

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Streaming video: Crown groundbreaking

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held this afternoon for the new, $53 million Robert Crown Community Center in Evanston. Here's a video of the event.

By Bill Smith on July 13, 2018 - 9:58 pm

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