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Evanston, Illinois
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Duncan Agnew (@dlagnew) from the Evanston RoundTable joins @bgogoel at 4:35 with the latest details on NU's offer to Evanston ahead of the hearing on Ryan Field. @wlsam890
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Second Ward Council Member Krissie Harris, appointed by Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss last year, won her council seat Tuesday, securing a two-year term. @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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Evanston’s shoreline repairs project is coasting ahead, with SmithGroup floating about 36 configurations for the project at an open house this evening. @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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The city’s liquor board voted today to approve new licenses for two business, pending a city council decision. Story today in @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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Evanston’s reparations committee just voted to give cash payment to two ancestors. This is huge. The city has said cash payment wasn’t possible. But it made a change in time for Kenneth and Sheila Wideman, to use their grants before they expire this month. #reparations #Evanston
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Evanston’s first reparations program has only one option for non-homeowners to use the grant. The reparations committee has the power to bring more options to the table. But will it?
#reparations #Evanston
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Canal Shores, an 82-acre golf course that straddles Evanston and Wilmette, is slated for a $5.9 million renovation. However, the project will entail a complete 10-month closure and the suspension of tailgating and fall bird walks. My latest @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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While it’s some time before we see results, the wheels are in motion for Evanston’s participatory budget process. My latest @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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Reparations, in many communities, isn’t easy to talk about. But in Evanston, reparations is a constant conversation— especially on MLK Day.
“What would Dr. King think about Evanston’s reparations program?” a reparations committee member asked.
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Graduate workers at NU this week voted overwhelmingly for a union, after months of campaigning. “I voted because I’ve seen the work our union has done in organizing over the years,” a grad student told me. @EvRoundTable evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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Did you know Evanston, Illinois, is the nation’s first municipally funded reparations for Black residents? Each month, I write an update on the reparations program. Check out my latest article evanstonroundtable.com/2023/…
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Some fun news: the @EvRoundTable cleaned up at the @NINA_for_news awards last night, taking home 48 awards, including 12 first place winners, for our local journalism in Evanston. I took home first place honors for education and public affairs reporting.
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Yesterday was the @NINA_for_news award’s ceremony. I won my first journalism awards for my coverage of Black Evanston and Evanston’s reparations project with @EvRoundTable! I won first place in Best Personality Profile, Best Coverage of Social Issues and Best Video! 🕺🏾
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We are 48 hours from the end of our #WeAmplifyChicagoVoices campaign. Our fundraiser is a benefit for 39 local media outlets, journalists & creators who are making immeasurable impacts on media in Chicago and beyond. Donate today @ savechicagomedia.org to help fund local news!
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Today is the first day of our third annual joint-media fundraiser to support all of these local media outlets. Donate today at savechicagomedia.org and TRIPLE your impact!
#WeAmplifyChicagoVoices
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@EvRoundTable is Evanston's nonprofit newsroom, serving as the community’s leading source of news and dialog about local government, schools, civic and artistic activities, and other important issues facing the city. Visit evanstonroundtable.com/ to read their work.
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This week, @EvanstonFD conducted search-and-rescue and ground ladder training operations in the 1700 block of Orrington Ave.–the site of the former Burger King and an adjacent residential building. Check out photos of the training in the @EvRoundTable: bit.ly/3S4TvKZ
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Our wonderful @EvRoundTable photog @Picturetweeter found the #Evanstonhenge. (Think #Stonehenge, only suburban) A sunset close to the first day of fall/spring when the waning sun lines up with the city streets and casts light directly down the center. evanstonroundtable.com/
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Evanston city officials are debating removing gendered language from the city's public nudity ordinance.
“The fact that this language specifically says female breast is problematic,” city council member @DevonMReid said.
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The remarkable life of Wong Aloy, one of #Evanston's earliest recorded ASPA residents. This 3-part article is part of Placemaking, a project to uncover, collect & share Asian, South Asian & Pacific Islander (ASPA) histories. bit.ly/PortraitofWongAloy @EvRoundTable