City of Evanston Blog
Articles Posted in: December 2009
LED Christmas Tree Light Exchange a Success
The City received 70 strands of old Christmas tree lights from residents for recycling and traded out our entire allotment of 70 new strands of LED lights. All with an hour to spare before the Civic Center closes for the holiday. Mostly thanks to social networking sites for publicity.…
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Evanston Takes Facebook By Storm
The City's Facebook page has reached over 1,000 (1,032 as of this writing) fans since being created in early October. Our Public Information folks have decided we needed campaign to get 2,010 fans by January 1. So check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CityofEvanston and become a fan. I was curious to the fan status of other local communities. Here is a sample: Oak Park: 1,305 Skokie: No City page, but Skokie Public Library has 416 fans Schaumburg: No page Arlington…
Proposed FY 2010/11 Budget Preview
I shared with the City Council and staff today an overview of the Proposed FY 2010/11 budget that will be issued on or about December 31. The transmittal memo (PDF) and supporting detail worksheet (PDF) can both be found on the budget website.…
Evanston Christmas Tree
The Evanston Roundtable website has an excellent video documenting the work of the City's Forestry Division as they cut down and moved the City's Christmas tree now on display in Fountain Square. The tree was donated by a local resident.…
Mayor and Council Root on NU Football
With the Northwestern Football team headed to Tampa to play the Auburn Tigers in the Outback Bowl on January 1, Mayor Tisdahl invited NU Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald to last night's City Council meeting to wish them well. Watch the video and also learn more about the Mayor's bet on the game with the Mayor of Auburn, AL.…
Evanston Sustainability Programs Highlighted
Evanston efforts on sustainability were recently featured in a Climate Change Quiz on the program "Worldview" on radio station WBEZ. The program can be found here and the mention of Evanston starts 24:33 into program.…
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Free Holiday Light Exchange with Energy Star Pledge
Check out our press release on program to exchange old holiday lights with LED lights when you take the ENERGY STAR pledge. Great idea!!!…
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Newsy Items on the December 14th City Council Agenda
1. Recognition of Illinois State Senator Jeff Schoenberg with a special award recognizing his efforts on behalf of Evanston. 2. Recognition of Northwestern University football team and wish them well in their travels to Tampa to play in the Outback Bowl. 3. Discussion of Council goal on Police and Fire Pension Funding. 4. Approval of Closure of Downtown II Tax Increment Finance District. Staff Report (PDF) 5. Consider new lease for cell tower site at Civic Center. Council asked us to find…
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Snow
Evanston received its first significant snowfall of the season this morning (photo is back of Civic Center). For all you need to know about the City's snow removal program, check out our website.…
Final Report of Community Budget Workshops
The final report from the workshops can be found here (PDF). Provide your feedback on the budget by going to the City's budget website.…
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Community Budget Workshop Marathon
The City is showing all of the recent Community Budget Workshops on Channel 16 as a marathon beginning at 12 Noon Friday and concluding with a live call-in telecast on Sunday at 6 PM. The video above is a commercial City staff made with help from the Evanston Community Media Center which is being shown this weekend 294 times on Comcast in Evanston on various cable networks (CNBC, BET, Bravo, History Channel, TLC, TNT, AMC, USA, VH1, TV Land,…
CTA Purple Line Workshop
The Chicago Transit Authority is hosting an open house to discuss a Purple Line Vision Study Thursday evening from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Fleetwood Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster Street. More info on the workshop can be found at the CTA website. This is an excellent opportunity for Evanston residents to voice their concerns about the physical condition of the line and express strong community support for improvements. If you can't make the meeting, send your thoughts…