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Evansville mayor proposes new partnership to curb crime
Evansville mayor proposes new partnership to curb crime By Samantha Johnson | March 3, 2021 at 7:26 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 7:31 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke is working on a new partnership that aims to make the city safer, but it first needs the approval of the City Council.
Residents of Evansville know “E is for Everyone,” but with his proposed new partnership with the
“We need to do our best as a community to make sure that we live up to that brand,” says Mayor Winnecke. “If we say ‘E is for Everyone,’ we have to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure that.”
Evansville City Council approves rezoning for former Henry Reis school building
Evansville City Council approves rezoning for former Henry Reis school building By Lesya Feinstein | January 25, 2021 at 9:36 PM CST - Updated January 26 at 6:49 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Evansville City Council has opened the door for a former school to be re-purposed.
During their meeting Monday, the council approved rezoning the former Henry Reis school building.
The building, located on Stringtown Road and standing for over a century, has been vacant for years.
City council members approved plans to repurpose the building to add value to the neighborhood.
“We’ve done that a lot downtown,” said area plan commissioner board president Stacey Stevens. “That’s kind of a cool area right there because some of those buildings were built in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s even 70s.”