The Wilmette Village Board unanimously approved an agreement with Evanston over impacts from the Ryan Field rebuild Tuesday, quelling a simmering battle between the neighboring cities — even as some village residents renewed their calls for a lawsuit. For months, residents in the village north of Evanston and Ryan Field called the project a “mortal.
In a rare show of unity during the Ryan Field saga Monday, City Council unanimously approved an agreement with the Village of Wilmette to limit impacts from Northwestern’s controversial stadium rebuild and plan to host concerts there. The agreement between the two governments arose after Wilmette residents urged the village’s trustees to sue Evanston over.