City of Evanston - Strategic Plan

City of Evanston Strategic Plan

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Strengthening Community

Partnerships Vision Evanston will build cooperative reciprocal partnerships with the educative institutions, not-for-profits, hospitals, and business constituents. We will continue to focus on nurturing current relationships and create new relationships to provide a better life for our diverse population.

Goal #7: Continue to develop a collaborative and reciprocal relationship with Northwestern University.

Objectives:

A. northwestern Inventory current relationships and perform needs and opportunities analysis.

B. Research positive University/Government (Town/Gown) relationships to identify successful approaches to working together.

C. Establish quarterly meetings between representatives of the City Council and Northwestern University Board of Trustees.

D. Establish regular meetings between senior staff from the City and the University.

E. Perform needs and opportunities analyses and develop common delivery of services such as dispatching (911), parking, recreation, employment opportunities etc.