Central Street Neighbors Association

Above: A city worker installs protective fencing at the just-dedicated Howell Park rain garden on Earth Day weekend.

On April 24, during Earth Week, the City of Evanston and a number of partnering civic groups dug and dedicated a demonstration rain garden at Howell Park, on the corner of Pioneer and Hartzell. The hope is that the garden's success will make it a model for similar public and private gardens throughout Evanston.

Those of us near the golf course received a notice this week about a meeting to be held on Thurs., July 17th at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Central Street with Ald. Tisdahl and golf course officials to seek input on their proposal to permit parking on the golf course during NU football games. Clearly this is a financial consideration.

The Chicago parks advocacy organization, Friends of the Parks, will host a planning meeting on expansion and enhancement of the Rogers Park lakefront parks, from Devon Avenue north to the Evanston border, tonight at approximately 6:30 pm at Loyola Park, 1230 W. Greenleaf, Chicago. The meeting will review plans developed in previous Design Charrettes held in March.