City of Evanston Tech Stack
Municipal government serving 75,000 residents across parks, utilities, education, and public works
City of Evanston operates a 501–1,000-person municipality north of Chicago with a tech stack anchored in geospatial and office productivity tools (ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office). Active hiring spans operations, parks, and education roles with a junior-heavy seniority mix, reflecting steady recruitment into frontline and seasonal programs. Current priorities include lead service line replacement, youth employment pipelines, and deferred maintenance management—operational challenges typical of mid-sized cities managing aging infrastructure alongside community services.
Tech Stack 11 technologies
What City of Evanston Is Building
◆Challenges
- Work performance challenges
- Replacing lead service lines
- Reducing youth violence
- Improving job placement for at-risk youth
- Reducing maintenance costs
- Managing deferred maintenance backlog
- Securing funding for capital improvement projects
- Community engagement for traffic projects
- Traffic safety and operation concerns
- Implementing grant projects
▲Active Projects
- Lead service line replacement projects
- Love your block grant projects
- Developmentally appropriate preschool program
- Traffic signal timing plans
- Plan and instruct sports activities for camp participants
- Day off school camps
- Spring break camp
- Farmette program
- Aquatic camp
- Youth and young adult job training and employment program
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Sports Camp Director, Camp Director, Assistant Director, Aquatic Camp Director, Lifeguard Camp Assistant Director
