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Evanston panel backs zoning amendment and special use to revive Hope Ignites home at 824 Gaffield Place
Summary
The Land Use Commission voted 6-0 to recommend a zoning text amendment and a special use to allow Hope Ignites Chicago to operate an eight-girl child residential care home at 824 Gaffield Place, subject to two routine conditions; both measures will go to City Council for final action.
The Evanston Land Use Commission on Dec. 10 recommended that the City Council approve a zoning text amendment and a special use permit allowing Hope Ignites Chicago to establish an eight-girl child residential care home at 824 Gaffield Place.
Karen Corteau, president of Hope Ignites Chicago (formerly Boys Hope Girls Hope), told the commission the organization had secured $5,400,000 in capital funds for renovation and a partial endowment and is prepared to renovate 824 Gaffield as part of a four-house campus on Gaffield Place. "Our scholars are a 100% children of color," Corteau said, stressing the program—s wraparound support, structured residential schedule and emphasis on college preparation.
Staff read two case numbers into the record—one for a zoning text amendment and one for the special use—and explained the applications…
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