Champaign Recognized with Planning Award
The American Planning Association – Illinois Chapter (APA-IL) has recognized the City of Champaign with its 2018 “Best Practice” Award for the City’s elimination of minimum parking requirements in and around Campustown and Downtown. Minimum parking requirements are a land use regulation requiring each new building to have a certain amount of parking based on its […]
MCORE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION WORK TO EXPAND LOCATIONS
MCORE Project Construction Work To Expand Locations On Monday, May 14, the following locations will be added to construction activities related to the MCORE Project: • Green Street between Third Street and Fourth Street. Green Street will be CLOSED, including the intersection of Third Street & Green Street. Green Street will remain closed at this […]
MCORE Project Construction Work to Restart on March 5
MCORE Project Construction Work to Restart on March 5 On Monday, March 5 work will begin on the 2018 phases of the MCORE Project including: Construction on Third St. – north and south of Green St. Green St. will remain open to vehicular traffic, however work will occur on the sidewalks on Green St. between […]
City of Champaign Reminder of Sidewalk Snow Removal for Campus and Downtown
With winter weather approaching, the City of Champaign would like to remind owners of properties located within the University District and the Downtown area that they are responsible for removing snow, ice, sleet or freezing rain from the sidewalks adjacent to their properties. The ordinance applies when accumulations are 2” or greater. The City of […]
Recycling and Donating During Move-In/Out
Recycling and Donating During Move-In/Out Cardboard-Only Dumpsters As the fall semester begins at the University of Illinois, the City of Champaign is holding a Cardboard Dumpster Event for Feed the Thing During Move In/Out from August 18-27, 2017. Cardboard dumpsters will be placed around the Campustown area with the purpose of providing students living in multifamily buildings […]
Visit Champaign County Sharing Use of Center City Kiosks
The five sidewalk kiosks located in Downtown, Midtown and Campustown will now display events promoted by Visit Champaign County (VCC). VCC will utilize one side of each kiosk leaving the other side available for the Center City Map and promotion of other events in the Center City. The use of the kiosks will still be coordinated […]
MCORE Work to Start this Spring on Green and White Streets
MCORE Work to Start this Spring on Green and White Streets The transformative $44 Million Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) Project will start improving mobility in the core of our community when work begins this spring. Project partners (the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), in […]
Sidewalk Snow Removal Activation
As of 12:15 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 the Public Works Director has declared that the sidewalk snow and ice removal requirement in the Downtown and Campustown areas is in effect. The Illinois State Water Survey indicates that our area received 3.7 inches of snow during the Wednesday morning to evening storm. In order to […]
City of Champaign Reminder of Sidewalk Snow Removal for Campus and Downtown
With winter approaching, the City of Champaign would like to remind owners of properties located within the University District and the Downtown area that they are responsible for removing snow, ice, sleet or freezing rain from the sidewalks adjacent to their properties. The ordinance applies when accumulations are 2″ or greater. The City of Champaign Public Works Director […]
Sidewalk Snow Removal Ordinance Activation
SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL As of 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2015, the Public Works Director has declared that the sidewalk snow and ice removal requirement in the Downtown and Campustown areas is in effect. The Illinois State Water Survey indicates that our area received 3.8 inches during the weekend snow storm. In order to make […]