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Please join me on Thursday, January 19, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the Lincoln Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room, 910 Forest Ave. Come meet Kevin Brown, Community Services Manager, and his team to learn about youth services and workforce development.
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 Beginning Monday, December 26 through Tuesday, January 3, 2017, the lakefront path will be closed on the path east of the athletic playing fields. Northwestern University have posted signs at each end of the path announcing the upcoming closure. The path will be closed due to utilities work. The lakefront paths around the NU Music and Norris buildings will remain open as well as a newly opened path along the new Kellogg building.
With the snow emergency declaration earlier this week, I want to remind you of snow parking restrictions and encourage you to sign up for convenient email and text alerts at cityofevanston.org/snow.
These are the basic rules we ask you to follow:
- Don't park on the Snow Routes at night.
- During a snow emergency, park on the proper side of residential streets between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. according to the posted parking signage.
- Clear your sidewalks of snow and ice.
- Clear parking lots for which you are responsible, without pushing snow into adjacent streets, alleys or sidewalks.
In addition to the many courtesy notifications offered by the City, residents can now text SNOW to 847-448-4311, and will receive an automatic reply letting them know if there is a Snow Route Parking Ban and/or a Snow Emergency. This automated service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Thank you for your cooperation in keeping Evanston streets safe!
The City has announced changes in service delivery and building hours in recognition of the 2016 Christmas and 2017 New Year's holidays. No recycling or solid waste collections will occur on Monday, December 26 or January 2. All trash and recycling collections will occur one day later in the week. Thursday residential recycling and Friday condo recycling collections will occur on Friday, December 30 and Friday, January 6.
Clearing ice and snow helps keep our sidewalks safe for everyone, especially seniors, children, and those with disabilities. The City's Senior & Disabled Persons Snow Shoveling program connects residents with volunteers who are willing to provide snow shoveling services. Before the season's first big snowfall hits, residents are encouraged to sign up for shoveling assistance or volunteer their services at cityofevanston.org/shoveling.
Shopping, dining and visiting downtown Evanston is easy this holiday season! The City of Evanston is again offering free parking in downtown Evanston garages through Monday, January 2. Free holiday parking will be provided in the Sherman Plaza, Maple Avenue, and Church Street parking garages on weekdays, between 5 p.m. and midnight, and all day on Saturdays. City Lot #60, located at 1234 Chicago Ave., will provide free two-hour parking after 5 p.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Please note that it is always free to park in Evanston garages and lots on Sundays.
Get into the holiday spirit and celebrate 25 years of the Chicago Transit Authority's Holiday Train! The CTA Holiday Train will make stops on Evanston's Purple Line on Saturday, December 17; and Thursday, December 22. To celebrate the milestone, on Saturday, December 17, an additional six-car Elves' Workshop Train will directly follow the Holiday Train so that even more can experience the tradition.
"The Nutcracker on Ice," Robert Crown Community Center's beloved winter ice show, will celebrate its 42nd year entertaining families with four performances this holiday season.
Two matinees and two evening performances of the special holiday show, performed by Robert Crown Center ice skating school students and competitive figure skaters, will be held the weekend of December 16-18, 2016. Show times are Friday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, December 17 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, December 18 at 2:30 p.m.
On Sunday, December 25, beginning at 5:30 p.m., community members are invited to join Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and other civic, business and community leaders for the Grand Chanukah Menorah Lighting and Celebration at Fountain Square, located on Davis Street between Orrington and Sherman Avenues.
The ceremony will celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and freedom of conscience over oppression. Attendees will enjoy musical entertainment and free refreshments.
For more information, please contact the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department at 847-866-2914.
I encourage all to celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa in Evanston on Monday, December 26. Beginning at 11 a.m. in Fountain Square, “A Community Celebration of Kwanzaa” will feature music, songs, the traditional lighting of the Kinara, and the recitation of principles.
Drop off holiday string lighting and extension cords for recycling at the Ecology Center, Main Evanston Public Library, and the Levy Senior Center! The free program runs through Tuesday, January 31.
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