OUR STORY

Clarence and Wendy founded C&W in August 2014, a family own market and ice cream parlor located in the Evanston community offering residents and neighboring communities with essential items, groceries, snacks and produce. Through our Foundation, C&W marketplace will always seek new opportunities to partner with local businesses or organizations to uplift the Evanston community and serve those in need. 

Clarence and Wendy are long term residents of Evanston. Clarence has spent most of his professional career working as an IT management professional and Wendy has worked more than 40 years in health care and insurance providing professional insurance services to multiple organizations in the Chicagoland area.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Clarence and Wendy have committed full-time to the growth and development of C&W’s offerings to the Evanston community.