UPDATE
A bit of news on this tower. I along with Chicago Shawn attended (another) a planning and development meeting for 708 Church Street, which is commonly known as the Fountain Square Tower. Here's what we learned:
-The tower was
reduced in height by 11 floors from 49 to 38 stories. A 22% decrease.
-Height was
reduced from 523' to
421'. A 20% decrease.
There will be
another meeting on this project on May 7th at 6:30pm at Evanstons Civic Center.
I was planning to speak up again but said I would wait until the next meeting so that I could get my thoughts together. When my name was called, a few people started yelling out
because they know I'm from Chicago. They said that I didn't have the right to speak. I had to kindly
inform them that it was a PUBLIC meeting, and that I had every right to speak. Several of the commissioners stated that it was a public meeting as so long as you stated your name and address, anyone who wished to speak could, after all it's public. They said that they wanted as much information and imput as possible.
If anyone is temped to attend or wants to see this tower built, I encourage to go to the next meeting to voice you opinion and support.
Well thought out comments are recommended.