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Dunkin’ Donuts to open at CTA Purple Line Central St. station

The Chicago Transit Authority has approved a lease with 2nd Gen. Inc to operate a Dunkin’ Donuts store at the Central station on the Purple Line.  The company, owned by Chetan Jani, was also awarded a lease for another Dunkin’ Donuts store at the Ashland station on the Orange Line.
 
Each lease agreement is for ten years and is expected to generate a combined $288,165 over the life of the contracts.
 
The CTA says that the rents for the concession spaces are in line with market value for similar properties in each respective area.

Secret Ordinance to Impact Community Golf Course - June 6 Meeting

Please be advised that the agenda for the City of Evanston's Human Services Committee meeting of June 6, 2011, to be held at the Civic Center at 7:00 pm will include a most important introduction of a proposed new ordinance that will impact the future of one of the great treasures of the Central St area - The Frank Govern Memorial Golf Course.  You may also remember it as Peter Jans, or even more affectionately as canal shores.

Metra Tracks on Fire

On Wednesday afternoon, the Evanston Fire Department responded to a grass fire along the Metra tracks, just north of the Central Street station.
 

A story about cutting taxes

When was the last time you heard of a taxing unit of government that was so efficiently run that it could consider returning some of its tax revenue back to taxpayers? If the amount was only a very small portion of your tax bill, would you still consider it important? Would investing in environmental projects, such as solar energy, be an acceptable alternative use of reserves? At the May 7 public meeting of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District (NSMAD) Board of Trustees, we will be considering these options. We welcome public input.

Context of the Library Issues

Since before the opening of the new Main Library building in 1994 the Evanston City Council has managed the General Fund Budget which included the Evanston Public Library.

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