The future of Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program could be in doubt after a conservative nonprofit organization filed a federal lawsuit accusing the initiative of being unconstitutional. The suit, filed Thursday by the group Judicial Watch, names as plaintiffs six people whose relatives once lived in Evanston during a 50-year period of housing discrimination that often […]
The Evanston City Council was found in violation of the Illinois Open Meetings Act for approving a contract as part of the temporary relocation of city administration operations while in closed session. According to a March 1 release from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General, City Manager Luke Stowe signed an exclusive representation agreement […]
The Mingo, a planned 240-unit, mixed-income apartment complex in Evanston on the site of the old Hoffman School building, cleared a major hurdle Friday during a Cincinnati City Planning Commission meeting. The commission voted unanimously to approve a proposed zoning change from residential mixed to planned development to allow multi-family development on the approximately 5-acre […]
Construction has begun on The Aux, a $10 million commercial hub on Washington Street in Evanston focusing on Black and minority-owned businesses, with expectations for a grand opening this summer. The project, spearheaded by entrepreneurial mentorship company Sunshine Enterprises, will see a former vegetable processing plant be redeveloped into a hub housing an office for […]