Motion allows ‘time for settlement discussions’ By Bob Seidenberg In a major twist in the longstanding Fountain Square saga, the city on Friday afternoon filed a motion in Cook County Circuit Court requesting that its nearly $6 million lawsuit against…
By Bob Seidenberg The Hilton Orrington/Evanston hotel’s grand ballroom, which sustained serious water damage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been restored and is back in its place as the city’s premier meeting and event space. Leticia Phocas, the general…
By Bob Seidenberg Fleetwood-Jourdain, the Arrington Lagoon Picnic Shelter, James Park, the Clark Street Beach House, Robert Crown – most residents have used those facilities at one time or another in connection with recreation activities. Members of the city’s Economic…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Public Safety pensions, at one time among the most underfunded in the state, will be placed on a 100% funding track to reach full funding by 2040. Evanston City Council members on July 24 unanimously passed…
By Bob Seidenberg A unanimous City Council voted July 24 to order a study of how to remove potentially harmful chemicals that have been found in the city’s water supply. The vote authorizes staff to move forward with an agreement…
Corporation Counsel’s filing of motion to remove parcel was done “behind our backs, undermines trust,’, charges Council memberBy Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com A Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday with an Evanston City Council member who charged at the July 24 City…
Counsel finds neither Reid nor Revelle had a conflict of interest in the matter By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Special Ethics Counsel has ruled that neither City Council members Eleanor Revelle (7th Ward) nor Devon Reid (8th Ward) violated the city’s…
By Bob Seidenberg Members of the city’s Rules Committee recommended an ordinance that would allow candidates running for mayor to use public funds to finance their campaigns. At their meeting July 17, committee members voted 6-1 in favor of the proposal, moving it to…
By Bob Seidenberg Some prominent members of Evanston’s design community call for the city to establish a Community Design Commission has been pushed back — perhaps as much as two years. At the Council’s July 10 Planning & Development Committee…
By Bob Seidenberg Proximity to transit, solid household demographics and a strong Northwestern University student and faculty base located nearby all played into a Birmingham, Alabama, firm’s purchase of a prime piece of downtown Evanston real estate. Chicago-based Quantum Real…
