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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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) sits at a city council meeting in 2017. Council approved a resolution to allow Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc to complete a study and redevelopment plan of a new tax increment financing district in the 5th Ward.

5th Ward residents express concern over development

January 10, 2019

City residents raised concerns about a recent land acquisition of over $2 million at a 5th Ward meeting Wednesday. The lot, which was purchased by Domanus Development, starts on the corner of Jackson...

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) at a City Council meeting. Aldermen discussed on Monday how to reduce cuts, provide Vital Record services and keep from burdening residents with tax and fee increases.

Aldermen workshop a new version of 2019 budget proposal

November 13, 2018

Faced with a revised 2019 budget proposal, aldermen on Monday discussed ways to reduce cuts, provide Vital Records services and keep the city from “nickel and diming” residents with tax and fee increases. City...

Shorefront founder Dino Robinson stands among archives. The city will honorarily name a portion of Church St. after Robinson for his work preserving Black history in the North Shore.

Evanston Organizes: Evanston’s black community lacked recognition for decades. Shorefront Legacy Center aims to give it to them.

November 8, 2018

This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. In 1995, Dino Robinson — anxious to explore the city’s black history — picked apart local archives,...

The Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center at 1823 Church St. Aldermen voted 7-2 to remove a line item from the proposed 2019 budget that would have cut city programming at the center.

Aldermen vote to keep funding operations of Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center

October 23, 2018

Aldermen voted Monday to remove a measure in the proposed 2019 budget that would have cut city programming at the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center. In the proposed city budget for fiscal year 2019 —...

The Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center at 1823 Church St. In the proposed city budget for fiscal year 2019 — which contains a $7.4 million deficit — city staff recommended ceasing operations at the center.

Budget proposes city to stop operating Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center

October 11, 2018

Programming at the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center is at risk of being cut by the city, pending the approval of next year’s operating budget. In the proposed city budget for fiscal year 2019 — which...

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