City should keep single-family zoning

Submitted by Mary Rosinski on Sat, 11/23/2024 - 18:19

(This great  letter below was written by Joan Cherry & Joan Cara )

Serious danger for single-family R-1 property owners lurks within the Envision Evanston 2045 proposed comprehensive plan and revised zoning ordinance. R-1 property owners must be aware of and understand the drastic effect on their R-1 properties that will result from the city’s planned zoning changes.

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Proposed Recommended Changes to Zoning and Comprehensive Plan Process Needs to Slow Down

Submitted by Mary Rosinski on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 09:07

URGENT! The public has not called for the elimination of R1 zoning. Why are some elected officials doing just that and pushing zoning and comprehensive plan updates before the public process is completed? What is the rush? These changes impact everyone—renters, homeowners, landlords, developers—and the public needs to discuss the pros, cons, and unintended consequences. Who is behind this rush? It is up to us to slow it down.

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39th Annual Marty F. Leoni Memorial Fun Run Sunday Oct. 6

Submitted by CSNA on Thu, 10/03/2024 - 15:27

Sunday Oct. 6th from 6-8 at 2715 Hurd -Where The People Meet (free event)

Submitted by Mary Rosinski on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 11:21

Come and bring a friend to this free event in the 6th ward. Where The People Meet is a live show which brings together leaders from various sectors of a city. This week's lineup has leaders in the arts community, a school district foundation, and Dolton, Illinois where a whitleblower exposed the corruption by Dolton mayor TIffany Henyard.  https://fb.watch/uZ9LK9JAJz/ The following is from the show's press release:

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Where the People Meet Sunday Oct. 6th from 6-8 at 2715 Hurd

Submitted by Mary Rosinski on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 11:12

Come and bring a friend to this free event in the 6th ward. Where The People Meet is a live show which bring together leaders from various avenues of a city. This weeks line up has leader in the arts community, school district foundation, and Dalton Il whiere a whitleblower exposed the corruption by Dalton Il mayor TIffany Henyard. https://fb.watch/uZ9LK9JAJz/ 

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More Buildings in Evanston = More Cars

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 21:00

Since 2015, Evanston basked in the sobriquet “the suburb that killed the car,” promoting an image of an imminent car-free utopia. From environmental nonprofits to editorial pages, we heard that Evanstonians were making different “transportation choices” warranting overhauling our zoning. By summer 2023, City Council was mulling wholesale reduction of parking requirements for new developments in an expanded radius, up to 1/2 mile, from train stations, or even putting a cap on allowed parking, to force those “choices.” The theory: development and greater density in transit-rich Evanston would spark abandonment of vehicle ownership. This has been a refrain in current citywide planning ongoing. Yet data specific to Evanston supporting those policy assumptions was scant to nonexistent. Now, information obtained through FOIA provides some answers.

Deep Thoughts

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Tue, 09/10/2024 - 14:04

Above:  As of the end of August, 2024, the former century-old Dyche Stadium on Central Street had been deconstructed more thoroughly than James Joyce's Ulysses, with sheet pilings several stories deep ringing the excavation.

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