Piccolo Theatre and MIC present Evanston150's Final 10 Ideas. Photo by Karen Kring

Kick Start Marketing Chicago provided marketing planning, project management and media relations services for Evanston150, a community-wide grassroots initiative to identify and create 10 visionary projects to celebrate Evanston’s 150th anniversary in 2013. The final 10 ideas, from a total 2,201 submitted by community members, were unveiled November 10, 2011 at the Black Tie & Blue Jean Party held at the Levy Center. Over 300 residents joined Northwestern University theater professor Rives Collins, the Natural Trumpet Ensemble of the Music Institute of Chicago, Piccolo Theatre actors and community leader presenters to celebrate the unveiling and get to work on implementing the ideas.

Read media coverage of the Nov. 10 celebration:

The Evanston Review / Chicago Sun-Times

Evanston150 makes no small plans

Citizens Get to Work on 10 Ambitious Ideas

TribLocal / Chicago Tribune

Time for Work: Evanston150 unveils final 10 ideas

Evanston Now

Party lets big idea fans get to work

Evanston150 unveils top 10 ideas

The Daily Northwestern

Evanston150 unveils top 10 ideas for city’s future

Evanston150 reveals selection jury members

Evanston150 is a community-wide initiative that engages all of us in imagining our future, resulting in 10 visionary ideas to celebrate Evanston's 150th anniversary in 2013.

Approximately 700 Evanston community members and leaders attended the March 26 Evanston150 Community Kick Off Rally at the Levy Center, and another 130 community leaders and members of the media attended the Kick Off breakfast briefing on March 22 at the Hilton Garden Inn.  Kick Start Marketing Chicago provided project direction for marketing and media relations for this unique grassroots community-wide initiative.  You can visit the evanston150.org for more info, or read highlighted media coverage below.

Read the Chicago Tribune March 25 Evanston150 Kick Off story.

Read the March 26 Chicago Sun-Times / Evanston Review Kick Off feature.

Read the Daily Northwestern Evanston150 Preview feature.

Read the March 29 Evanston Now Community Rally feature.

Read the Evanston RoundTable March 28 Community Rally feature.

Read the Evanston Patch March 27 Community  Rally feature.

Read the March 22 Evanston Now Kick Off Breakfast feature.