The City of Evanston is considering whether to grant TIF status to the Chicago Avenue-Main Street area. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Shaun Chinsky, owner of Good's of Evanston custom picture frame store, stands outside his store on the 700 block of Main Street in Evanston. The City is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Hector Suarez of Chicago sweeps outside the Trattoria D.O.C. on the 700 block of Main Street in Evanston. The City is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

The City of Evanston is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area around the 700 block of Main Street which may include infrastructure improvements to the Main Street train overpass. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

The City of Evanston is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area around the 700 block of Main Street. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Hector Suarez of Chicago sweeps outside the Trattoria D.O.C. on the 700 block of Main Street in Evanston. The City is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Shaun Chinsky is the owner of Good's of Evanston custom picture frame store on the 700 block of Main Street in Evanston. The City is considering whether to grant TIF status to the area. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Evanston City Council members granted TIF status Monday to the area around the 700 block of Main Street, including a vacant lot just to the east where a developer is bidding to put up a mixed use office-retail building. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media