Roycemore School will hold a fundraiser Saturday afternoon as its leaders face what they say is a deadline next Wednesday to raise more funds — or “begin the process of closing our doors.”
“We are rapidly running out of time to save this 111-year-old institution” reads an email from the board of trustees sent to school supporters on Thursday, inviting them to attend the 3 p.m. event in the school at 1200 Davis St. or online.
Pritzker's BUILD plan will have to wait at least a few more months, with lawmakers stalling on Sunday to pass the sprawling housing plan
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This time residents are actually wanting less parking, in part, to preserve green space
Three Crowns is saying if they don’t get this additional parking, residents better not complain about lack of on-street parking since their staff will be forced to park there.
Sign taped at Evanston’s Guzman y Gomez location this morning saying it has “cease trading”. The Australian-based chain announced overnight it was immediately closing its U.S. restaurants, all of which are in the Chicagoland area.
As the penultimate day of the spring legislative session begins, a look at some of the housing bills still pending.
With the state budget and Bears “megaprojects” bill still left, it’s growing more likely lawmakers will punt on housing legislation until the fall.
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However some alders said the delay represented how the zoning process is contributing to the city’s housing crisis.
More here:
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A beauty that should have never been taken down😔
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Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz
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From @mattheweadie.bsky.social: The Evanston City Council tabled a final vote last night on a proposed 30-unit apartment building on Emerson. The project has faced pushback from a nearby landlord and neighbors, and concerns about how it could impact a historic Black church.
The former condos-turned-apartments at 2730 Hampton Parkway has received dozens of citations for violating Evanston's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
Its owners say they're in compliance, however the city is disputing this.
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The property's owners say they're in compliance with affordability rules. The city says they're not
Two former employees of the Guzman y Gomez restaurant company have filed what they hope will become a class action lawsuit on behalf of all the workers let go when the company closed it nine USA restaurants with, according to the suit, no official notice.
All of those restaurants are in the Chicago area and one is in Evanston.
