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Public workshop highlights environmental injustice in 5th Ward

May 1, 2025

About 40 community members and city officials gathered Wednesday night in the basement of Ebenezer AME Church to examine preliminary findings from the city’s ongoing Environmental Equity Investigation. The...

Four people, including Mayor Daniel Biss and Ald. Bobby Burns (5th), stand before a building.

Green Homes Pilot completes retrofit, aims for completion by year’s end

April 9, 2025

Three years since its inception, Evanston’s Green Homes Pilot is moving forward with the first retrofits funded by the program, according to two nonprofits spearheading the effort. The pilot program...

Weinberg junior Ruth Debono speaks at the Jan. 13 City Council meeting, representing Fossil Free Northwestern.

City Council to vote on sustainability standards for large buildings

January 26, 2025

City Council will vote on the Healthy Buildings Ordinance, which sets environmental standards for Evanston’s large buildings to meet by 2050, on Monday evening. The ordinance, unanimously introduced...

The Environment Board discusses the Envision Evanston 2045 Draft Comprehensive Plan.

Evanston Environment Board approves memo regarding Envision Evanston 2045

November 16, 2024

The Evanston Environment Board met Thursday evening at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center to debate the new Envision Evanston 2045 Draft Comprehensive Plan, Healthy Buildings Ordinance and Parks and Green...

Task force members expressed their frustration that the group would not receive early access to the comprehensive plan draft, which they said would give them more time to discuss recommendations to issue to the Environment Board.

CARP Implementation Task Force prepares to issue recommendations on city’s comprehensive plan

October 2, 2024

Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan Implementation Task Force discussed updates to Envision Evanston 2045 and planned for the November publication of the first draft of the city’s new comprehensive...

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