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Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th). Revelle said she didn’t believe Northwestern has met the standards necessary to hold for-profit events.

City Council passes ordinance allowing Northwestern to host professional events

November 12, 2019

Northwestern will now be allowed to host professional sporting events and for-profit concerts at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The controversial text amendment passed 5-4 at Monday’s City Council meeting, while...

Dave Davis at Monday’s Planning and Development Committee meeting. Davis and his fellow Northwestern representative were given 10 minutes to make a presentation to the committee.

City Council votes to introduce ordinance for Northwestern to host professional events

October 29, 2019

Evanston City Council voted on Monday to introduce a controversial proposed ordinance to allow for professional sporting and other for-profit events to take place in Welsh-Ryan Arena. The vote came...

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) listens at a council meeting. He said the proposed program could create more balance in the city’s residential market and help break a cycle of replacing small houses with bigger developments.

Aldermen refer small-lot discussion to Planning and Development Committee

May 1, 2018

City Council members referred a potential special use process that would support affordable housing and ensure equitable access to community benefits to the Planning and Development committee after a Monday...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at a council meeting Monday. Fleming voted in favor of placing a discussion about the three-unrelated rule on the Planning and Development Committee’s agenda.

Aldermen place ‘brothel law’ discussion on committee’s agenda

April 30, 2018

Aldermen unanimously voted Monday to place the discussion about the city’s three-unrelated rule — often referred to as the city’s “brothel law” — on the agenda of the next Planning and Development...

Northwestern parking lot east of Kemper Hall. The Plan Commission recommended that the city approve changes to a university parking ordinance.

Plan Commission recommends modifying Northwestern parking requirements to standing committee

February 21, 2018

Members of the Plan Commission voted at a meeting Wednesday night to recommend a decrease in the number parking spaces Northwestern is required to have, opening the way for the city to use the lot east...

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