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 […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
Last week, Champaign-Urbana celebrated PrideFest with friends and neighbors in the LGBTQ+ community, and now invites you to show pride in your neighborhood by Adopting a Drain. This week’s drain is named Skylar and is located at 1008 Foothill Drive in Lincolnshire Subdivision. Skylar loved participating in all the events PrideFest offered, including the nature […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
The City of Champaign has a great opportunity to get involved in the community through a program called Adopt A Drain which allows residents to adopt storm drains in their neighborhoods. Volunteers clear the drains 4x per year and before forecasted heavy rain events. Today’s featured available drain is located at 407 S. New Street […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
It’s Adopt A Drain Friday and today’s featured drain, Lucy, is located at 1123 Charles Street. Lucy wants everyone to know that adopting a drain is an easy way to get involved in the community. Volunteers can select their own drain to clear 4x per year and before forecasted heavy rain events. Clearing the drain […]
ADOPT A DRAIN FRIDAY
Adopting a drain can help ensure only rain goes down the drain. Stormwater drain grates often collect leaves and litter, which can clog the pipes that make up the storm sewer and run directly to our streams, lakes and rivers. By adopting a drain, you can remove these materials before they enter our storm sewer […]
ADOPT A DRAIN FRIDAY
A clean drain is a happy drain. Did you know our community has volunteers all over the City who volunteer to adopt drains in their neighborhoods? Clearing drains helps prevent debris from entering our waterways and can prevent flooding. You can join these amazing volunteers by signing up to adopt your own drain. Learn more […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
On your marks, get set, go!! Quick, visit champaignil.gov/adoptadrain to sign up to adopt a storm drain in your neighborhood. Clearing the drains can help prevent flooding and keep refuse out of our waterways. Today’s available Drain of the Week, named Eliud, is mentally and physically disciplined and highly motivated. He works hard to attain […]
Public Works Crews Keeping the City’s Streets Clean. You Can Help!
Champaign experienced two high wind events last week, and Public Works street sweepers responded quickly to clean up the fallen leaves in order to keep them from clogging storm drains. The map below shows the areas of town covered (so far) by City crews who worked 10-hour days for more than a week. City crews […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
Are you interested in adopting a drain? Visit champaignil.gov/adoptadrain to learn about this awesome program. Use our interactive map to search for available drains near your home or work. Click a drain and enter your email address to begin the sign-up process. Adopting a drain helps protect the environment, reduces potential neighborhood flooding, and manages […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
Volunteering in the community is a great way to meet new people and research suggests it can also boost your mood! Lucky for you, the City of Champaign has a program where you can volunteer to Adopt A Drain. Not only would you be preventing pollution in our waterways and clearing drain blocking debris, you […]