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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Retail vacancies have dropped, but downtown Evanston still faces headwinds as it enters 2024.

Mixed signals for downtown Evanston as retailers enter new year

January 11, 2024

Matthew Abitbol opened a specialty footwear store in downtown Evanston just before the COVID-19 pandemic closed the world down. “We would chase down a single sale,” said Abitbol, the owner of Commonwealth...

A storefront with a decorated tree, and an open sign.

Ring in the holidays with this month’s most festive Evanston events

November 29, 2023

December marks the start of the holidays as storefronts decorate their windows, daylight shortens and yuletide cheer begins. Those celebrating the holiday season in Evanston won’t have to venture far...

Drawing of five cans of food sitting on a brown table.

Connections for the Homeless, Downtown Evanston collect 1,500 pounds of food for local pantries

April 3, 2023

Elle Ullum lost her job in 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began. A single mother, Ullum said she relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide for her and her child.  “We...

A red “Office for Rent” sign sits on a vacant storefront behind a sidewalk.

‘A difference of philosophy’: leaders consider two visions for downtown Evanston’s future

April 2, 2023

Annie Coakley, director of Downtown Evanston, remembers a “liveliness” about downtown, filled with people eating their lunches at Fountain Square. Now, that liveliness is gone, she said. “You...

An illustration of four green buildings. One has a banner that says 20 Year Anniversary

Evanston plans to launch Legacy Business Program this spring

February 24, 2023

Economic Development Specialist Katie Boden remembers stepping off the train in Evanston for the first time years ago. Disoriented in an unfamiliar place, she wandered into Bennison’s Bakery. “I...

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