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.
Evanston’s Administrative and Public Works Committee unanimously voted against granting Hunden Strategic Partners a contract to perform an economic impact study on Northwestern University’s Ryan Field rebuild.
City Council voted 8-1 to refer a ban on cashless businesses back to the Economic Development Committee and the Equity and Empowerment Commission on Monday. The proposed ordinance would make it illegal for Evanston businesses to deny cash payments. Residents would be able to report violations to the city’s call center. Business owners would be.
As temperatures dropped and the first snow of the winter hit the ground this week, maintenance company Streetplus started its work in Evanston, cleaning downtown, Main Street and Howard Street. City Council approved a half-million dollar contract with Streetplus at its Sept. 12 meeting to provide enhanced cleaning, maintenance, landscaping and hospitality for the next.
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