Possible new piece to Fifth Ward school campus puzzle

9/12/2010

Add Evanston Public Library to the list of groups with an interest in the Fifth Ward school and possible changes to Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.

Council Member Bobby Burns, in whose Fifth Ward the properties are located, said: "I think people were genuinely open to all the concepts. The challenge the city is faced with "is we're trying to fit yet another really big building on a relatively small development site and still preserve as much green space in mature trees as possible ? which is like a no-win situation," he said. "We have to give up something."

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