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New On-Line City Code
The City Clerk's Office changed the vendor that codifies our City Code. With the change, there is a new web interface for accessing the Evanston City Code. Big day for us government geeks......…
Blog Turns One Year Old
This blog is celebrating its first anniversary today. During the past year, I have posted 248 entries to the blog which have received 208 total comments from the public. The most commented blog post dealt with feral cats, while the ones with the most visits talked about animal control, snow and our efforts to bring Google to Evanston. The blog has had 19,275 "page views." I have been doing a blog between here and my former position in Santa Paula,…
Evanston Commercial on NU/Vanderbilt Football Broadcast
The NU Athletic Department has made available to the City a 30 second commercial slot in the broadcast of the NU/Vanderbilt football game Saturday night beginning at 6:30 PM. The game will be televised on CLTV. The Evanston Community Media Center took the video they made for us for the Google campaign and created a 30 second spot for us.…
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Edzos Burgers Featured in Bon Appetit
Bon Appetit magazine has featured Edzo's in Evanston as a must stop restaurant when visiting Chicago. Thanks to Alderman Jane Grover for picking this up.…
Video from Evanston Day @NU Football Press Conference
Evanston Day at Ryan Field from Northwestern News on Vimeo. …
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Sustainability Coordinator Heads Back Home
Carolyn Collopy, the City's Sustainability Coordinator, is leaving the City Friday after three years in the position. Carolyn and her family are moving to the Minneapolis area to be closer to her extended family and will be taking a similar position with Hennepin County, Minnesota. Carolyn was the first position to hold the position of Sustainability Coordinator in Evanston. During her time with the City she helped create the City’s Climate Action Plan and has brought hundreds of thousands of…
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Evanston Day @NU Football Kickoff
Mayor Tisdahl, Northwestern University President Schapiro and other City, School District and NU officials turned out yesterday at Ryan Field for press conference promoting Evanston Day at NU Football on Saturday September 25 for game versus Central Michigan. The events surrounding the game and pep rally on Thursday September 23 are being marketed as "Paint Evanston Purple." See our website for more details of events. Also see site for photos from yesterday's press conference. …
Video on City Beach Water Testing
A Northwestern Medill student did a great video on how the City tests beach water. Check it out on the "Medill Reports" website.…
2009 Water and Sewer Annual Report
The Utilities Department issued their "2009 Water and Sewer Annual Report" this week. It can be found on the department's website (PDF).…
Water and Sewer Funding Adjustments
The City Council's Administration and Public Works Committee will begin discussion of changes to water and sewer funding models at its meeting Monday night. This comes after several discussions with the Council over the past few months on next steps on how to raise additional revenue for these funds. All of these proposed changes would take effect on January 1, 2011. Staff is recommending a ten percent (10%) water rate increase. The existing water rate is billed as a minimum use…