After narrowly winning her election by 26 votes in 2021, Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) is up for reelection for her second term. Her challenger, Stephen Hackney, is a newcomer to politics. Kelly grew up in the 1st Ward, which covers most of downtown Evanston, and used to teach at Evanston Township High School....
Evanston’s Parks and Recreation Board debated the recently released Envision Evanston 2045 draft plan Thursday night. Committee members clashed about the portion of the plan dedicated to the board. Envision Evanston 2045 is the city’s plan to rewrite the city’s zoning code and general plan, according to the draft copy. The 113-page document only has one page dedicated to future policy and actions to be taken with the Parks and Recreation department. The brevity of this effort left some members of the board disappointed. “A fifth grader could do a better job than our highly paid consultants in putting together a Parks and Recreation agenda,” said Robert Bush, the vice...
