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Takes money for hockey club s Crown Center use, rejects test of professional events at Welch-Ryan.
The Crown Center. (Barbara Freeman photo)
Evanston aldermen this week voted to accept $1 million from Northwestern University to let the school’s ice hockey club use the new Robert Crown Center for the next five years.
But they also effectively revoked an agreement to let the school test generating additional revenue by hosting professional athletic events at its Welch Ryan Arena.
During discussion of the Crown Center deal Ald. Tom Suffredin, 6th Ward, complained that a letter sent to the university by the Friends of the Robert Crown Center when the school made the first one-third payment toward the agreement described the money as a donation rather than a payment for services.
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Recap: Planning and Development Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this evening s meeting of the Evanston City Council Planning and Development Committee.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 5:40 p.m.
A packet with information on tonight’s agenda items is available online.
Meeting called to order at 5:48 p.m.
P1 – 1101 Church St. adaptive reuse of former Sojourner Church
Chair Melissa Wynne, 3rd Ward, says it’s a great development, adaptive reuses.
Alderman Eleanor Revelle, 7th Ward, also praises the project.
Approved 6-0 for introduction.
It’s a ccreative use of an unused space in a changing neighborhood, Wynne says.