On Tuesday, about 25 Evanston residents attended a public workshop at the Robert Crown Center to provide feedback on Evanston’s Parks and Green Space Strategic Plan — a city project that aims to inform future policies and projects for outdoor spaces including parks, playgrounds and beaches. Stefanie Levine, senior project manager, said the workshop’s goal.
For much of the North Shore Channel's 100-plus-year history, the land along the drainage canal in Evanston was used infrequently and neglected routinely.