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Three More Days to Google Day in Evanston

Plans continue for Google Day in Evanston on Wednesday March 24.

You can help:

1.  Register your support for Evanston’s nomination on Google’s website (for residents and community groups).

2. Ask all your friends to do the same.

3. Volunteer around town on Google Day to pass out information. Volunteers will meet at 6:30 AM in the back parking lot of Civic Center to be assigned to Metra and El stations during rush hour. Other volunteer assignments are available on Wednesday. Email us for more information.

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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda

1.  Proclamation declaring Wednesday March 24, 2010 as “Google Day in Evanston.”

2.  Presentation on City Council Goal regarding customer service.

4.  Presentation on City Council Goal regarding affordable housing and review of proposed affordable housing work plan (staff report-PDF).

5.  Further discussion on revisions to street sweeping program (staff report-PDF).

6.  Consideration of commitment of $600,000 of Federal HOME funds to the NSP2 housing project (staff report – PDF).

7.  Funding request to grant $100,000 from City’s Economic Development Fund to Evanston Technology Innovation Center (staff report – PDF).

Agenda   Agenda Packet

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Shani Davis Event Video

Video from WMAQ-TV from last night’s tribute to Olympic Champion Shani Davis at the Robert Crown Center.

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Aldermen Attend Washington Conference

Aldermen Mark Tendam,  Melissa Wynne, Coleen Burrus and Jane Grover have been in Washington Monday and Tuesday attending the Congressional City Conference of the National League of Cities (NLC).  The conference bring Mayors and City Councilmembers from around the USA together to hear from Federal officials on major issues in the Congress, updates on general issues facing cities and allows local councilmembers to lobby their legislators.

The big issue in Washington this week has been health care reform.  Everyone is talking about if it will come to a vote in the House of Representatives and if so, when.  In addition, city leaders from around the USA are also talking about new legislation to create jobs and additional incentives for economic development. 

In addition to these issues, various committees and task forces of the NLC.  I attended a meeting yesterday of a caucus of city officials with colleges or universities in their community.  An official from Riverside, California spoke of their work with several local colleges and universities.  The major message there was the importance of good personal relationships between city and university leaders.

Today the Aldermen and I went to Capitol Hill to visit Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to lobby her on our current list of capital project needs.  Water main improvements were at the top of the list.  However, we had a small problem.  Four or more Aldermen together talking city business outside of a noticed public meeting is prohibited under Illinois law.  So after exchanging hellos and taking the photo above, Alderman Jane Grover excused herself from the meeting to allow Aldermen Wynne, Burrus and Tendam to lobby the Congresswoman on the critical need for our water infrastructure request.   The conference ends this afternoon.

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Counting Down to Google Day in Evanston

Anticipation is growing for Google Day in Evanston on Wednesday March 24.  Join us for our weekly planning session for the event on Tuesday at 6 PM in Room 2404 of the Civic Center.

Be part of history….

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City Welcomes Shani Davis on March 18

The City will be hosting a ceremony to welcome home Olympic Speed Skating Gold Medalist Shani Davis on Thursday March 18 at the Robert Crown Center.  Doors open at 6:30 PM with the event beginning at 7:00 PM.

A similar event four years ago in Davis’ honor attracted over 1,000 people, so be there earlier for a good seat.

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Evanston City Website Wins Sunny Award

The City of Evanston’s website has won a 2010 “Sunny Award.”  The Sunny Award is presented by the Editors of Sunshine Review to honor the most transparent government websites in America.  These websites have scored an “A” transparency grade on Sunshine Review’s Transparency Checklist.  This year, only one percent of the 5,000 government websites ranked by Sunshine Review earned a Sunny Award.

See the full list of winners here.

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Women Out Walking

Great video on this year’s “Women Out Walking” initiative.

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Google Day in Evanston, IL Wednesday March 24th

The City, Northwestern University, interested residents and community organizations continue to work on our response to Google to bring their proposed ultra-high speed network to Evanston.

These efforts will culminate in “Google Day in Evanston, IL” on Wednesday March 24, 2010.  Various events are being planned for the day including a meeting of community leaders at the Civic Center beginning at 1:30 PM.

Check out the City’s Google website for more details on how you can be a part of bringing Google to Evanston.

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Special City Council Meeting Thursday 12:30 PM

The City Council will be holding a special meeting Thursday March 11 at 12:30 PM in the Aldermanic Library at the Civic Center to discuss changes to the City’s street sweeping schedule.

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