Central Street Neighbors Association

It's time to shop......

• Dinner with best-selling author, Evanston native Audrey Niffenegger of The Time Traveler's Wife fame,
• Autographed copies of Evanston author Scott Turow's best-sellers.
• Sox, Bears and Blackhawks tix
• Artwork
• Jewelry
• Spa treatments
• Delicious dinners
• Vacation getaways and more

It's all here - live now through May 30.

Yesterdays rallies served many purposes in bridging alliances between wards to show that the Evansto Library System is a connection of people, places and ideas. People of all ages joined together in support of neighborhood libraries.
Libraries serve an muliple purpose in todays world. They are not just places that house books, they are or can be the heart of a neighborhood. They are places where people can go and no one asks them for anything.

The history of the Evanston Public Library System is important (EPL) The South Branch survived the Great Depression and both branches have survived tough economic times. In these times library use goes up.  Mary

The following letter was written by Trish Stieglitz.

In the past week there has been growing support to preserve and expand the branch library system in Evanston. The new budget which is schedued to be voted on in Feb. calls for the closure of the branch libraries. Even though it is less than 1% of the entire Evanston budget.
If you would like to sign the petition please go to www.branchlove.org Write your alderpeople, attend city council meetings, pass on the petition to friends and let the council know your thoughts. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR IDEAS 

Home buyer tax credit time period has been extended and current homeowners are also elebilbe
Here are the details:

You can support you Evanston High School Football teams and our local food banks by bringing cans of food to the homecoming games Saturday Sept. 26th.
Varsity game starts at 1:30.  Anyone who brings at least 2 cans gets into the game free of charge. 

It's not too late to take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008. for qualitifed buyers who purchase their principal residence between January 1 and December 1st 2009.
If you are a 1st time homebuyer, defined as someone who has not owned a home in the past 3 years, you can have a tax credit of up to 10% of your purchase price up to a maximum of $8,000 if you close on a property before December 1,2009

This item is on the agenda for the next council meeting Monday 27th. What has the discussion on this been? If anyone knows could they summarize community sentiment on this. What does the city get back from Northwestern for this? Maybe Northwestwern would clean up the parking lot on Central Street. It's an eyesore.

Why in the world would Bill Smith take what appears to be righteous delight in making sweeping generalizations about all Northwest and North East Evanston residents, or for that matter any it seems, any resident who lives in a singe family neighborhood, or who ask questions and demands answers as to what direction the city of Evanston is going in terms of density and planning.

It seems that that Bill thinks it is ok to say things like “density-phobic neighbors” or” status-conscious neighbors” to infer that the residents are somehow neurotic or shallow.