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Winnetka Council Studies Overlay District BY EMILY SPECTRE
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As Winnetka seeks to promote more retail in its downtown areas, council members are considering how the village’s zoning laws may be affecting the vibrancy of its business districts. In particular, at a March 13 study session the trustees examined the C-2 Overlay Zoning District that was originally established in 1987 to encourage a cluster of retail on the ground floor of commercial buildings and maximize foot traffic. According to a brief history provided by Brian Norkus, assistant director of community development, the loss of the department store Carson Pirie Scott to a real estate office, prompted the village to pass overlay zoning in the Elm Street and Hubbard Woods business districts at that time. The overlay district essentially limits certain non-retail uses on the ground floor of buildings, such as real estate offices, medical or dental offices and banks. Certain service-oriented businesses require a special use permit to open on the ground floor, which the village council evaluates on a case-by-case basis. While the overlay zoning laws have been amended over time to limit their impact — the boundaries have been modified, and the zoning no longer covers the entire ground floor but only storefronts 50 feet from the street — some residents and trustees worry that the zoning
When Namrita Narula was a sophomore at Highland Park High School, she was already receiving praise from Mayor Nancy Rotering and working closely with Ramesh Kanapareddy, the city’s director of public works, on her “Feed The Meters, Feed Your Neighbors” initiative. Namrita created the program in November 2015. It allows anyone to deposit spare change into three refurbished, vegetableshaped parking meters in downtown Highland Park to help those in need. The change collected from the meters has been used to purchase fresh produce for Namrita’s Seeds of Knowledge community service project. Namrita founded Seeds of Knowledge in March 2015, and that summer she harvested and donated 93 pounds of fresh produce at the Moraine Township Food Pantry garden. The following year Seeds of Knowledge hosted the Empty Bowls Fundraiser, where attendees purchased a ceramic bowl made by District 112 elementary school students. The event was held at HPHS on October 20, 2016 to benefit the Moraine Township Food Pantry. Prior to the benefit, Namrita told DailyNorthShore, “Each empty bowl is meant to remind guests of the many ‘empty bowls’ Highland Park High School senior Namrita Narula has earned accolades for her Seeds of Knowledge Continued on PG 10
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program, which included a fundraising effort called Feed The Meters in downtown Highland Park. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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