The Economic Development Committee recommended last week that City Council approve a $75,000 grant for a program providing technology job training to primarily low- and moderate- income Evanston residents. Evanston...

Despite the decline of independent bookstores in the past decade, the country has recently undergone an “indie bookstore renaissance,” said Nina Barrett, owner of Bookends & Beginnings. Barrett...

A new barbecue restaurant and well-known barber shop chain will be opening in downtown Evanston this spring, hoping to establish themselves in the city’s competitive retail market. Floyd’s 99 Barbershop...

A life insurance company has purchased the Park Evanston apartment complex and retail space for a large sum by Evanston real estate standards. A subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company purchased...

Colectivo Coffee hopes to join the crowded market of coffee shops in Evanston. The Milwaukee-based cafe plans to open its second Illinois location on the corner of Church Street and Sherman Avenue,...