COVID-19 handed small businesses seven months of economic “lemons” — but Downtown Evanston is turning those lemons into lemonade through a month-long initiative.
From Oct. 15 through Nov. 15,...
Rebranding a restaurant during the pandemic hasn’t been easy, said Michael Wathen, general manager of Alcove Evanston.
After deciding to create a new identity for what had been Chef’s Station since...
Downtown Evanston seems emptier than it was at the start of the year.
Walk down any street, and passers-by will notice signs advertising retail spaces for lease, covering the once-filled windows of...
After seeing reports about mask shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak, customers reached out to Evanston Stitchworks owner Amalia Malos on March 20 about an effort to make hand-sewn masks. She said her...
Central Street officially established two Special Service Area districts on Jan. 25 of this year. The districts join Downtown Evanston and the Main-Dempster Mile, each of which established SSAs in previous...
