The vote on a $23-million TIF district could be decided by a single alderman.
For the second time in just over a two-week span, Evanston aldermen will have the opportunity to approve the formation of a Dempster-Dodge tax increment finance (TIF) district when they convene at tonight’s City Council meeting. But based on past council sessions and recent interviews, it seems that a vote on the formation could be decided by a slim margin — perhaps even a single alderman. The proposed TIF district would aim to help redevelop the Evanston Plaza shopping center, located at the southwest corner of Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue, and is projected to generate $20 million over 23 years. Having initially been listed as “for action” at the council’s June 11 meeting, the establishing ordinances were tabled after several aldermen…
Leadership Evanston is asking residents to participate in a discussion on the shopping center's future.
What is your ideal vision of Evanston Plaza? What could the shopping center be in the not-so-distant future if few restrictions applied? These were the questions nearly 30 Evanston residents were asked to answer at a Sunday afternoon Leadership Evanston meeting held at Perla Café, 1813 Dempster St. The purpose of the gathering, said organizers, was to encourage residents to think big, to create a bold vision to work toward, to ignore potential restrictions guaranteed in the leases of current plaza stores and to record community sentiments that Leadership Evanston members could eventually present to both aldermen and the plaza’s owner. Stay up to date on the latest Evanston news by signing up for our free morning newsletter. Conceived as a …
The newly-dubbed Evanston West Village Business Association is looking to brand the Dempster-Dodge corridor as the city’s new “destination area,” starting with this weekend’s ‘Makin’ It Happen’ event. But can they overcome the area’s down-and-out image?
Unbeknownst to many, Evanston has a West Village. A hip part of town to which residents and visitors might one day flock on a Sunday afternoon to hear a music recital or catch some local theater before spending the evening lounging in the outdoor seating area of a nearby restaurant or café, perhaps stopping at one of the adjacent retail outlets for a while to browse for a new outfit, all the while admiring the prominent public art highlighting contiguous green spaces that dot that surrounding area. No, this picturesque business district does not currently exist. But this is the vision of the Evanston West Village Business Association, the recently-formed, newly-dubbed Dempster-Dodge business collective, which has held monthly meetings for …
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