Adopt A Drain Friday
It’s Adopt A Drain Friday and today we are featuring a drain named Hammer that is up for adoption. Hammer is located at 407 Hessel Boulevard and loves 90s rap and dancing. Now that the leaves are beginning to fall, they can clog our storm drains and sometimes cause neighborhood flooding. Volunteers in the Adopt […]
Hedge POP! Park Wins Award from the American Planning Association – Illinois Chapter
2022 Diversity and Social Change Award Recipient The City of Champaign is proud to announce that the American Planning Association – Illinois Chapter (APA-IL) has recognized the City with the 2022 Diversity and Social Change Award for the Hedge POP! Park project. Hedge POP! Park is an interim outdoor improvement project on the site of […]
Champaign, Urbana, and Champaign County Announce 2022 Trick-or-Treating Hours
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2022 Contacts: Jeff Hamilton, [email protected], 217-403-8710 Bridget Broihahn, [email protected], 217-328-8264 Darlene Kloeppel, County Executive, [email protected], 217-384-3776 Champaign, Urbana, and Champaign County Announce 2022 Trick-or-Treating Hours Halloween trick-or-treating hours in the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, and Champaign County will be held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm […]
Parking Restrictions around McKinley Field for Football Game on September 24
Due to the Champaign Central High School football game at McKinley Field on Saturday, September 24, 2022, the following parking restrictions on nearby streets will be in place: Streets immediately adjacent to McKinley Field will be closed to traffic and marked Resident Permit Parking Only: New (John to Haines) Haines (New to Pine) Pine (John […]
Building Permits Issued
The Champaign Fire Department’s Building Safety Division recently issued the following building permits for projects with an estimated construction value of $250,000 or more. Address Value of Construction Date Issued Type Use 1914 Glenn Park Dr $447,000 09/08/22 Alteration Retail 5008 Abbey Fields $360,000 09/12/22 New Single Family 2022 Overall Construction […]
Visit Champaign County Launches Retail Space
In Visit Champaign County’s downtown Champaign Welcome Center, residents and visitors will now find a new retail space to shop locally-made t-shirts, totes, and prints. Additionally local makers will rotate through the space, providing an additional opportunity for the public to discover the talented artists in the community. Currently, the shop features Pipapo, the Wright […]
2022 Fall Yard Waste Collection
The City of Champaign Fall Yard Waste Collection program will run from October 10 through December 9, 2022. Orange Zone pickups will begin October 10, 2022, and Blue Zone pickups will begin October 17, 2022. No pickup dates are scheduled during the week of Thanksgiving. Collection is available to all City of Champaign residential properties […]
City Manager Announces Appointment of New City Attorney
City Manager Dorothy Ann David announced today that she has appointed Thomas Yu to serve as Champaign’s next City Attorney, starting September 12, 2022. Yu currently serves as one of the City’s Assistant City Attorneys and has more than 21 years of experience practicing law. Yu has served the City of Champaign since 2017, and […]
Campus Move In-Move Out Cleanliness
The City of Champaign’s Neighborhood Code Compliance Staff will increase enforcement in the campus area from August 8 through September 9, 2022, in an attempt to prevent large accumulations of trash and overflowing dumpsters. Property owners will receive notices giving them short response times in which to remove accumulations of trash. If the trash remains […]
City of Champaign Partners with Champaign County Bikes
The City of Champaign in conjunction with Champaign County Bikes wants to alert the public to the installation of the new “3-Foot Bicycle Signs” throughout the community. There are currently 16 signs reminding drivers about the state law minimum three-foot passing distance by vehicles from bicycles. The minimum is required by motorists in all areas, […]