Colette Allen

Concerns raised over potential sale of historic Family Focus building

November 19, 2017

The more than 100-year-old building that currently houses Family Focus — a nonprofit offering family and child support services — will be put up for sale in January despite concerns that doing so would...

5th Ward residents say negative perceptions overshadow progress in neighborhood

February 9, 2016

Colette Allen acknowledges the 5th Ward has problems. Other residents and community leaders agree — safety and economic inequality have been issues in the 5th Ward for decades. Those problems, however,...

Lack of state budget reduces social service resources, operations for city’s homeless

December 1, 2015

Illinois’s state budget impasse has led to a reduction of resources and social services for Evanston’s homeless this holiday season. Some nonprofit organizations have had to cut or alter many of...

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