Solutions to family problems

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Kids & Family Restaurants are joining together for the city's first Restaurant Week, benefiting the PTA Equity Project. Vanessa Dillingham , Neighbor Posted | Updated Reply Restaurants throughout Evanston are joining together for the city’s first Restaurant Week, benefiting the PTA Equity Project, a program created by equity representatives from each of the District 65 schools. The PTA Equity Project (or PEP) is a collaborative effort across the district to address disparities in PTA fundraising opportunities among schools, which often result in inequitable experiences for students. A detailed study by PEP found some schools were able to fundraise as much as 10 times more than other schools, leading to a significant difference in per-student spending. This first annual restaurant week will help raise funds to support the … [Read more...] about First Evanston Restaurant Week Benefiting PTA Equity Project

Sisters Audrey Findlay, 75, and Barbara Rowe, 63, start every weekday with an 8 a.m. phone call. An hour or so later, they head to work together at Findlay Rowe, the gift shop they opened 12 years ago. (Previously, they worked at the same health care company for 13 years, where Ms. Findlay was the general manager and Ms. Rowe was the payroll manager.) At 5 or 6 p.m., the sisters leave work and head to their homes — four houses apart. And after dinner, they reconvene for an hourlong stroll, slipping easily into what their adult children (they have nine between them) affectionately call their “twin talk.” “One of us will begin a sentence, not finish it, and the other will already be answering,” Ms. Findlay said. The sisters do have their arguments, as would be expected from two people who frequently spend the bulk of their days together. But they are committed to staying close and being there for each other. “Our dad was an orphan, and he felt very strongly about family,” … [Read more...] about The Lifelong Gift of Sibling Friendship

10 Politics & Government Evanston councilmembers voted 6-2 to grant final approval to a special use permit and operating agreement with Connections for the Homeless. Jonah Meadows , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies EVANSTON, IL — The Margarita Inn has become Evanston's first licensed year-round homeless shelter, as the City Council approved a special use permit and operating agreement with the local nonprofit that turned the former hotel into transitional housing during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Councilmembers voted 6-2 on Monday to grant final approval to the permit and authorize the city manager to execute the agreement with Connections for the Homeless, which has operated the shelter at 1566 Oak Ave. for more than three years . By working with the city to provide emergency housing in his vacant 46-room hotel, the Margarita Inn's owner, Michael Pure, was able to work off the nearly … [Read more...] about Evanston Licenses Margarita Inn As First Permanent Homeless Shelter

T he bald eagle, a bird that lives only in North America, is sometimes mistaken for an idea. Take the Great Seal of the United States: The eagle clutches an olive branch in one claw, a set of 13 arrows in the other. His wings stretch out tall and wide from behind a shield, and his fulsome beak holds a ribbon inscribed with Latin: “ E pluribus unum .” That is a collage of symbols about peace and war and history and unity, not a bird. A real bald eagle is made of flesh and feathers and talons — a thing of nature, not a pastiche of concepts. Noble virtues do not map neatly onto apex predators, a fact that troubled Benjamin Franklin as early as 1784. In a letter to his daughter, he wrote: “I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly.” But the first time Will Harris saw a bald eagle on his farm, six years ago, Franklin’s lesson was one he had not yet learned. Harris, the owner … [Read more...] about When the National Bird Is a Burden

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Real Estate Phase II of "The Nourish Project" will include a 37,000-SF building expansion and commercial kitchen to prepare 2.5 million meals each year. Leslie Kaufman , Community Contributor Posted Reply (Skender) (Skender) (Skender ) (Skender) CHICAGO, Ill. – November 17, 2022 – Skender has started construction on a 37,000-square-foot expansion of the Greater Chicago Food Depository , a food bank on Chicago’s Southwest side that provides food for families and individuals at risk of food insecurity while advancing a mission to end hunger. The new structure at 4100 W Ann Lurie Place will add onto the food bank’s existing two-story warehouse and office. To aid in the Food Depository’s goal to produce and distribute 2.5 million prepared meals annually to community … [Read more...] about Skender starts construction for Greater Chicago Food Depository

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Real Estate Technology-enabled building access for residents and visitors helps improve retention rates throughout Chicagoland developments Leslie Kaufman , Community Contributor Posted | Updated Reply ButterflyMX , the leading provider of smartphone-based access control technology for multifamily, commercial, student housing, and gated properties, today released data showing how proptech is supporting changing resident behavior as a greater number of people continue to spend more of their days at home. “The last few years have drastically altered the landscape of the multifamily space, with residents relying on their apartment and common spaces to accommodate greater swaths of their life, work and downtime,” said Aaron Rudenstine, CEO of ButterflyMX. “This change isn’t just a mindset, but a series of behaviors. Property owners … [Read more...] about Chicago Rental Market Puts Smart Resident Experience in the Spotlight