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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

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Evanston plans to launch Legacy Business Program this spring

February 23, 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...

Two self-check-out machines side by side with signs on them that read “no cash.”

As city considers banning cashless businesses, business owners and advocates express mixed reactions

February 22, 2023

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Evanston bakery Hewn always accepted cash payments. But in early 2020, the business pivoted to online sales only.  When the bakery reopened to walk-in customers, co-owner...

Everything Evanston: City Council Rapid Recap talks ARPA funding and cashless business ban

Everything Evanston: City Council Rapid Recap talks ARPA funding and cashless business ban

January 26, 2023

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council includes discussions of ARPA funding and a new ordinance banning cashless businesses. We also dive into a story on the new environmental justice...

Two people sit behind a desk. One is speaking into a microphone in front of him. His name plaque reads “Councilmember Suffredin.”

City Council delays decision to ban cashless businesses

January 24, 2023

City Council voted 8-1 to refer a ban on cashless businesses back to the Economic Development Committee and the Equity and Empowerment Commission on Monday.  The proposed ordinance would make it illegal...

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City Council discusses where to allocate about $5.7 million remaining ARPA funds

January 24, 2023

Interim Community Development Director Sarah Flax updated City Council on the city’s approximate $5.7 million remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds Monday. ARPA, a federal COVID-19 pandemic relief...

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