Friday, February 3, 2012
Edgemark Development has requested a continuance concerning the Wednesday, February 8, 2012 public hearing for a proposed text and map amendment at 2628 Gross Point Road. The request has been submitted to the Plan Commission and will be considered when the Commission convenes Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 7:00PM in City Council Chambers of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Edgemark has requested a continuance to the March 14, 2012 meeting. Continuance Letter here>>> For reference, the Plan Commission received…
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We need your input! The City of Evanston is partnering with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to create a Water Efficiency Program. The program serves as an action toward implementing Evanston's Climate Action Plan and will focus on water use and water supply issues in the city with the goal of increasing water efficiency and promoting water conservation. The purpose of this survey is to collect input from residents for using the development of the program. Additionally, the city…
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Staff from the Evanston Ecology Center has “beaver fever!” They recently discovered trees with fresh chewing marks along the bank of the North Shore Channel (canal). It is really exciting for them because beavers, the second largest rodent in the world, haven’t been in that immediate vicinity for a while. They said, “Beavers’ dams help slow erosion and water downstream of North American beaver dams is cleaner.” Stop by the Evanston Ecology Center to learn more fun facts about beavers’…
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Artists who would like to show and sell their artwork at Evanston's major lakefront summer festivals are invited to submit an application. The Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival is open to individual fine artists who exhibit their work on a local or national level, while the Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival is open to artists and craft vendors of all cultures whose artwork expresses the heritage of a national, regional, tribal or language group. Lakeshore Arts Festival The deadline for the 2012 Lakeshore Festival is…
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Today, February 2nd, the Text – A – Tip campaign kicked off at Evanston Township High School encouraging students to use Text – A – Tip to report illegal activity or information on crimes occurring in an around the school campus and throughout the City of Evanston. This event was coordinated through the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Group. The Evanston Police Department fully supports this Text – A – Tip program with E.T.H.S. and wants not only students of E.T.H.S. to…
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
On Tuesday, January 31st at approx. 10am, investigators of the Evanston Police Department’s N.E.T. Unit (Narcotics & Gang Crimes) and members of the N.I.P.A.S. Emergency Services Team executed a search warrant at 1710 Monroe St. reference an illegal drug investigation being conducted by the Evanston Police Department’s N.E.T. unit. Evanston Police were able to seize approximately 115 grams of cannabis, an AR-15 assault rifle, assault rifle ammunition, approximately $900 in U.S. Currency and items commonly used for packaging cannabis for…
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