Last night, developers presented plans for a 64-unit apartment building and 15 townhomes on the 800 block of Main Street to replace a vacant storefront building and two city-owned parking lots evanstonnow.com/developers-n...
New from me:
Pritzker on his BUILD Plan:
“When you run into people who are maybe opposed to this, ask them, 'What are we going to do then? What is the alternative?' There really isn’t a good alternative to this.”
Hello from River North where Gov. JB Pritzker is participating in a discussion and pitching his BUILD housing plan
NEW: Developers of the proposed high-rise at Church Street Plaza have submitted revised plans that cut the project’s height by one story. Despite this, the new plans add two additional dwelling units to the building. evanstonnow.com/clark-st-dev...
Evanston’s City Council narrowly voted Monday night to delay consideration of the city’s strategic housing plan until early May after some alders pushed for more time to amend the plan evanstonnow.com/alders-delay...
New from @amartinez99.bsky.social and me:
Last night, the Evanston City Council rejected a pitch from 1st Ward Ald. Clare Kelly to create a local property tax circuit breaker for qualified homeowners who have owned a home for 15+ years, providing property tax relief
More:
Everyday I’m further convinced we’re living in the timeline where Jeff Winger rolled a 1…
The proposed Bent Park townhomes on Central will have 10 units rather than 11, per @thedailynu.bsky.social, confirming what one of the developers indicated to me last month
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Chicago-based CityPads is eying a purchase of the vacant 801 Main St. building, Ald. Nieuwsma said during last night’s 4th Ward meeting evanstonnow.com/citypads-eye...
An Evanston-based mobile karaoke business is looking to establish a private-room karaoke venue on Benson. evanstonnow.com/private-kara...
As local and state officials look to address the ongoing housing shortage, some are looking to faith-based groups to be part of the solution. I spoke with a state senator sponsoring a 'YIGBY' bill here in Illinois.
More below:
evanstonnow.com/how-about-in...
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton celebrated the ruling, arguing the Constitution and 14th Amendment prohibit reparations programs like Evanston's, saying...
"We welcome the court’s decision to allow this historic lawsuit to move forward against this woke, racist program.”
Following up on @mattheweadie.bsky.social’s post, story on the ruling here:
evanstonnow.com/suit-against...
Two years after it was approved, developers broke ground Monday on the first of 12 "efficiency homes" (600 sq ft, two bed, one bath), which will come together into a pocket neighborhood in Evanston's 7th Ward
evanstonnow.com/grant-st-eff...
This is the second time in nine days faith leaders are protesting against Highlands REIT over plans to lease a vacant Colorado prison to ICE
Evanston and Oak Park looking to update their zoning codes to allow more “missing middle” housing.
Plus, a new poll finds Illinois voters want legislative action on housing
And an update on some housing-related bills considered in Springfield this week
More below:
evanstonnow.com/the-zoning-r...
A new microbrewery is open in Evanston at the former site of Temperance Beer Co.
From @amartinez99.bsky.social
From last night: Evanston’s Land Use Commission advances plans for Emerson mid-rise project, despite concerns and objections raised by a nearby landlord, church members and commissioners. It now moves on to City Council for final action. evanstonnow.com/luc-advances...
I can say with earned authority that Oak Park does not have to worry about this in the next 1-2 years lol, but still love the goofy rivalry the two have
Kinda find it funny that Yes Oak Park (a pro-density group) has this as one of the reasons for upzoning in the village
The family foundation led by the heir apparent of the White Sox is proposing a youth sports facility at the former Office Depot location in North Evanston evanstonnow.com/youth-sports...
Faith leaders and immigrant advocates held an anti-ICE protest at Sherman Plaza earlier today. They claim the building’s owner plans to lease an empty Colorado prison to the federal agency.
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Several Evanston faith leaders led a demonstration in front of Sherman Plaza earlier this afternoon to protest plans for Highlands REIT, the building’s owner, to lease an empty prison in Colorado to ICE. Story to come shortly.
Meanwhile on X/Twitter/whatever you wanna call it, AIPAC celebrating Abughazaleh’s defeat and taking credit for helping defeat “potential Squad members” in the Illinois primaries
I’ve worked on losing campaigns and it sucks! Alcohol probably won’t fix things but you can’t rule it out and might as well try
Laura Fine on tonight’s #IL09 in which she placed third behind Biss and Abughazaleh
“I have every confidence that Daniel will be a champion for our community
and continue the fight against Trump.”
