City Council approved a nearly $100,000 contract award with Living Habitats, a Chicago-based architectural firm, for the engagement, design and implementation of the Downtown Evanston “Civic Plaza”...
In December 2022, after almost 10 years of operating the downtown restaurant Farmhouse Evanston, owners TJ Callahan and Ferdia Doherty decided to try something new.
The pair hoped to provide a more...
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...
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...
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...
