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Articles Posted in: August 2010
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…
City Credit Card Transactions Now Available for Public Review
Beginning on the August 9 City Council agenda and every month hereafter, the City will be disclosing each transaction paid for by a City credit card. These transactions amount to over $100,000 each month and until now have not be easily available for the public's review. Staff has been working for several months on this project to create a report that would be easy to understand from electronic data we receive each month from the credit card companies. Let us…
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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
The City Council starts its Summer Break after Monday's meeting, so the agenda is full of interesting items. The next City Council meeting is on Monday September 13. All links are PDF documents. 1. Downtown Evanston will be making a presentation on plans to begin a process to renovate the Varsity Theater. 2. The Council will be asked to consider proposed CIP projects for 2011 for water main replacement and street resurfacing. 3. Starting at this meeting, the City Council…
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"Not for Profit" Day at Downtown Farmers Market Saturday
Below is list of organizations expected at the "Not for Profit" Day at the Downtown Farmers Market this Saturday, August 7: Business Alliance for a Sustainable Evanston (BASE) Center for Independent Futures Childcare Network of Evanston (CNE) Citizens for a Greener Evanston/ Center for a Neighborhood Technology Citizens' Lighthouse Community Land Trust Evanston Festival Theatre, Inc Evanston In-School Music Assosiation Evanston Public Library Friends Evanston Symphony Orchestra Evanston School Childrens Clothing Assos. Evanston Skokie Valley Senior Services of the North…
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Great Article on Water Treatment Plant
There is a great article explaining how Evanston treats its water for distribution in the August 4 edition of the Evanston Roundtable. The paper actually put the article on its website as a PDF so you can see the great photos from the plant that normally are not seen by the public.…
Fire Department Deployment Update
I issued a press release today (PDF) regarding the new deployment program at the Fire Department with the layoff last week of three firefighters. I hope that the information helps sort through the issues at hand.…
Facebook: New Local Traffic Cops
Interesting article in today's New York Times on how traffic officers in India are using Facebook to help catch drivers violating traffic laws. So in Evanston, if you text to Facebook to report someone speeding while you are driving, would your use of the phone while driving still be illegal?? Thoughts?…