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Residents ask Evanston committee to pause sale of city lot, propose community garden for Lydia Center
Summary
Residents urged the Administration and Public Works Committee to delay approving a sale of a small city-owned lot at 1101 Washington Street and asked the new Urban Design Committee to study converting the parcel into an educational pollinator garden to serve the Lydia Center and nearby parish and school programs.
Residents and neighbors urged the City of Evanston’s Administration and Public Works Committee to delay disposition of a small city-owned lot at 1101 Washington Street and consider converting the parcel into a community garden to benefit children at the Lydia Center and neighborhood families.
Chelsea Elward, a longtime resident, told the committee she had proposed a garden and said she and neighbors could create “a magical” space for children who live at the Lydia Center. Beth Cerny, reading a letter from Alisa Garcia, wrote that the Lydia Center “houses a…
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