The Evanston Plan Commission will continue its review of the proposed downtown plan at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave.

Slumping home prices across the nation are also hitting the North Shore, although Evanston hasn't been as hard hit as many neighboring communities.

Northlake-based Farmer's Best Markets owner Nick Merikas says he now has a signed lease for the old Osco drug store building at Asbury and Oakton and plans to open the store in about five months.

Evanston's Parking Committee is considering setting a new, lower rate for parking on the roof of the downtown Sherman Plaza garage.

After receiving additional city financial help, the Citizens' Lighthouse Community Land Trust has reduced the listing price on a rehabbed home at 2212 Washington St. from $180,000 to $169,000.

Roycemore School officials say they plan to relocate to the Methodist pension board building at 1200 Davis St. in Evanston.

Evanston aldermen Monday voted 7-1 in favor of a special use request from National Louis University to turn a vacant office building at 1620 Central St. into a dormitory for disabled students.

The City of Evanston has appointed a Blue Ribbon Committee to research how it came to be that the Firemen and Police Pension Fund is under-funded in excess of $140,000,000.

Tower talk in Evanston has died down recently, with the Fountain Square project tabled until the Plan Commission acts on the larger downtown plan.

Commonwealth Edison will sponsor a summer readiness workshop at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd.