Submitted by Jim Hughes on Thu, 09/11/2014 - 11:49
... "The best way for the City to honor the enormous and successful effort of all those who contributed to the heralded Central Street Master Plan is to give its ideas a chance to work." ...
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The City Should Respect and Follow the Central Street Master Plan
A Guest Essay By John Walsh, Evanston RoundTable, 9/10/2014
Submitted by Jim Hughes on Sat, 02/22/2014 - 14:07
Betty Sue Ester (Left - AGAINST) and Larry Suffredin (Center - FOR) are introduced by CSNA President John Walsh (Right) as they prepare to debate the upcoming referendum to abolish the Township.
Central Street Neighbors Association held its 2014 Annual Meeting Wednesday, February 19. Six judicial candidates for seats on the Cook County 9th Sub-Circuit were introduced and were available to talk about their candidacies with residents. Those present included:
For the Goldberg vacancy:
- Jerry A. Esrig of Evanston
For the Myer vacancy:
- Anjana Hansen of Evanston
For the Preston vacancy:
- Michael Francis Otto
- Abbey Fishman Romanek of Wilmette
- Michael Allen Strom
- Brian Alexander of Skokie
During the business meeting two new members, Connie Heneghan and Lee Rogulich, were elected to the board. Returning board members included Jim Hughes, and David Staub. Returning Officers include John Walsh and Jeff Smith President and Vice President respectively. The new 2014 board is here.
Forum Report
(for the full article with the Forum Report click here)
Submitted by Jim Hughes on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:15
During the month of November, The Evanston Public Library Friends and the 'Mighty Twig' neighborhood library at Chicago & Main are competing for a $10,000.00 grant – and the 15 ideas with the most votes are winners!
Vote Online:
Submitted by Jim Hughes on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 13:34
Since before the opening of the new Main Library building in 1994 the Evanston City Council has managed the General Fund Budget which included the Evanston Public Library.
Submitted by Jim Hughes on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 00:39
Evanston’s forestry budget is bigger than Skokie’s. It’s bigger than Wilmette’s. It’s bigger than Highland Park’s. It’s bigger than Lake Forest’s. In fact it is bigger than all four combined. Only by adding Oak Park’s budget do the combined five city forestry budgets exceed Evanston’s by a comfortable margin.
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