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Government

City ticket tax on NFP theaters could yield $135K

The City of Evanston could increase revenue from its amusement tax by about 30 percent if it applied the tax to what are expected to soon be its five largest non-profit

By Bill Smith on January 28, 2020 - 5:27 pm

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Government

Northlight wows 4th Ward crowd

Northlight Theatre's plans to return to Evanston got mostly rave reviews this week from a room filled with theater-goers at the downtown library. Tim Evans, Northlight's executive director, told residents at

By Bill Smith on August 9, 2019 - 3:02 pm

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Northlight gets state grant toward new Evanston site

Northlight Theatre officials today announced they've been allocated $927,500 in state funding toward construction of their planned new theater in downtown Evanston. "Northlight is honored to be included as a line item

By Evanston Now on June 5, 2019 - 6:41 pm

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Northlight Theatre plans return to Evanston

Northlight Theatre officials today announced that they've signed an option agreement to purchase a building in downtown Evanston at 1012-1016 Church St. "We are actively fundraising and developing plans to purchase

By Bill Smith on May 10, 2019 - 5:36 pm

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Government

Evans: City needs to decide what it wants

In the wake of pulling plans for a 37-story downtown tower with a new theater at its base, Northlight Theatre Executive Director Tim Evans says the city's leaders need to

By Bill Smith on March 2, 2018 - 4:05 pm

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Government

Developers drop plans for Northlight tower

Northlight Theatre, Farpoint Development and McLaurin Development today announced they are withdrawing plans for a proposed 37-story development in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue in Evanston. In a joint statement, the parties

By Bill Smith on March 2, 2018 - 1:51 am

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Real Estate

Northlight funding research up in the air

The fate of a research project on funding Northlight Theatre's proposed return to Evanston remains unclear after an Economic Development Committee vote Wednesday night. The committee voted 4-3 to recommend

By Bill Smith on February 1, 2018 - 11:47 am

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Government

City seeks funding vehicle for downtown theater

Evanston's Economic Development Committee will be asked Wednesday to approve plans to explore creation of a new government entity to fund the proposed Northlight Theatre development downtown. In a memo

By Bill Smith on January 30, 2018 - 5:58 pm

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Real Estate

Northlight Theatre plan gets mixed reviews

It was standing room only at a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the Northlight Theatre's plan to move back to Evanston. Crowd at 1012 Church Street, listening to plans for Northlight

By Sonja Nordahl on October 25, 2017 - 4:15 pm

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Real Estate

Restaurant owners: More development key to success

Restaurant owners interviewed by Evanston Now say city approval of new downtown development projects is crucial to the continued success of the city's dining scene. Brian Huston, owner of Boltwood

By Bill Smith on September 8, 2017 - 2:34 pm

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Real Estate

Northlight project to get on-site affordable units

Developers of the proposed Northlight Theatre tower building say they plan to meet the city's affordable housing requirement by including subsidized units on site. Patrick O'Connor of Farpoint Development said

By Bill Smith on September 7, 2017 - 10:46 am

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Real Estate

Northlight: Tower needed to fund theater

Northlight Theatre's executive director, Tim Evans, told the audience at a 1st Ward meeting Tuesday night that a proposed 395-foot hotel and rental tower is key to funding the theater group's

By Bill Smith on September 6, 2017 - 2:53 pm

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Real Estate

Northlight tower would be tallest in town

A plan unveiled Tuesday night to bring Northlight Theatre back to Evanston calls for funding the project with a 395-foot-tall hotel and rental apartment tower in the 1700 block of

By Bill Smith on September 6, 2017 - 9:52 am

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Real Estate

Curtain up on performing arts center plan tonight

Preliminary plans for a mixed use development that would include a long-hoped-for downtown Evanston performing arts center are to be unveiled at a 1st Ward meeting tonight. The proposal, from

By Bill Smith on September 5, 2017 - 2:47 pm

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Government

Skeptics pounce on theater TIF plan

Two aldermen skeptical of tax increment financing districts raised questions Thursday evening about a not-yet-introduced proposal to create such a district to help finance a downtown Evanston center for the

By Bill Smith on February 5, 2016 - 12:48 pm

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Government

Downtown arts center cost pegged at $37 million

The Downtown Performing Arts Center Task Force presents its final report to the Evanston City Council tonight -- a report that says developing the facility the task force recommends would cost

By Bill Smith on July 27, 2015 - 12:05 pm

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