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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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Family Focus requests $3 million in ARPA funds from Housing and Community Development Committee

May 19, 2022

Family Focus requested $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding in a Tuesday night presentation to Evanston’s Housing and Community Development Committee. Originally opened in Evanston in 1976,...

The exterior of the Civic Center. The sign reads Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.

New lives for old buildings: Evanston organizations repurpose empty school buildings

November 11, 2021

Throughout the city, community-based organizations and services have moved into empty school buildings and given them second lives as gathering places and support centers. Here’s a look at some of these...

Illustration of yellow, teal and mauve houses set along a sheet of light blue drawn graph paper, with a white water tower at the far right of the x-axis.

The Daily Explains: What’s going on with the 5th Ward TIF?

September 28, 2021

City Council will wait one more month to vote on the proposed Tax Increment Financing district until it can finalize an intergovernmental agreement with Evanston/Skokie School District 65. The delay...

A scene from last year’s Cardboard Carnival. This year’s virtual program centers around building a marble run, and the deadline to submit a video is Mar. 6.

Cardboard Carnival: Marble Adventure Edition STEM challenge launches for Evanston youth, focus on underrepresented groups

January 27, 2021

What do cardboard, marbles and motors have in common? That’s for Evanston youth to figure out through this year’s Cardboard Carnival: Marble Adventure Edition. On Jan. 23, Evanston Public Library...

NU and ETHS students collaborated with Family Focus to create a day of workshops honoring the spirit of Eva Jefferson Paterson.

Eva Jefferson Day honors Northwestern alumna by engaging with local Evanston community on MLK Day

January 20, 2020

Evanston students participated in Eva Jefferson Day at the Norris University Center for a Monday afternoon aimed at racial empowerment. The event was a collaboration between Northwestern University,...

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