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Elle Ullum lost her job in 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began. A single mother, Ullum said she relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide for her and her child. “We got enough money (for food), but that doesn’t pay for toilet paper, diapers or menstrual products,” Ullum said. “The benefits are.
Annie Coakley, director of Downtown Evanston, remembers a “liveliness” about downtown, filled with people eating their lunches at Fountain Square. Now, that liveliness is gone, she said. “You walk down Sherman Avenue in the evening, and it doesn’t feel great right now,” said Paul Zalmezak, the city’s economic development manager. The city is reviewing plans.
UL Research Institutes — a global safety science organization studying challenges such as fire, chemical, digital and battery safety — will relocate its headquarters from Northbrook, Illinois to Evanston, the company announced Dec. 7. The Evanston headquarters will act as support functions for its satellite labs located across the country. Its move will bring more.