Land Use Commission recommends approval for Tails Together kennel at 2900 Central Street

The Evanston Land Use Commission recommended that city council approve a special use permit allowing Tails Together to keep adoptable dogs overnight at 2900 Central Street.

Tails Together, a nonprofit founded in November 2024, seeks permission to operate retail and adoption services in the building’s Central Street storefront and to allow adoptable dogs to remain onsite overnight in the rear building as part of its managed-intake shelter operations. Christina Rosinia, CEO and co-founder of Tails Together, told the commission the organization plans to open full operations this fall and described the site layout and day-to-day operations. "We are applying for special use permission for 2900 Central Street," Rosinia said, describing a front retail and adoption space and a separate rear building for short-term animal wellness and storage.

The proposal limits on-site animals to the organization’s adoptable animals only; the shelter would not board outside animals or offer overnight boarding to the public. Rosinia said employees and volunteers would staff the facility roughly 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday open hours to the public, with on-call staff…