BPM² Neighborhood Groups Hosts BBQ and Clean Up Events
The BPM² (Bradley, Prospect, Mattis & Mimosa) neighborhood group hosted a neighborhood social event on Friday, July 8, 2023, at Willis Park. The event was organized by the group to build neighbor to neighbor connections. NSD staff were on hand to support the engagement effort which included food, music, and games. The social event served […]
Neighborhood Services Host In-Person Neighborhood Leaders Meeting
On Friday, June 9, 2023, the Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) hosted an in-person neighborhood leaders meeting at the CityView Events and Meeting Center. This was the first in-person meeting for the group leaders since March of 2020, when COVID-19 dictated a change to an all-virtual meeting format. Representatives from 27 of the City’s 45 registered […]
Eisner Park CommYOUnity Block Party
On August 18, 2022, the Neighborhood Services Department closed their CommYOUnity – It Takes You To Make It Work! Campaign with a neighborhood block party at Eisner Park. More than 100 neighbors enjoyed an evening of food, games, and music. Resource and information vendors included representatives from the Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, the Champaign […]
Garden Hills Sector Engagement
The Neighborhood Services Department, in conjunction with CU Area Project, hosted the final Sector Engagement Recruitment Meeting in Garden Hills on January 23, 2016. The Sector Engagement meetings were designed to identify and recruit sector leaders and block captains to assist in citizen participation and engagement efforts, to ensure representation from all sectors of the […]
Consolidated Plan Public Engagement
Neighborhood Coordinator, John Ruffin and Neighborhood Programs Manager, Kerri Spear met to discuss Consolidated Plan Public Engagement and working with registered a groups and the general public to illicit comments for the next draft Consolidated Housing Plan. The following list of proposed dates will be used to generate input from the general public for strategies […]
SITI Company/Krannert Community Engagement Project
John Ruffin, Neighborhood Coordinator met with the Krannert Center for Performing Arts Community Engagement team, the SITI Company theater group, and community team members to discuss the proposed theater project development. The proposed project will be a collaborative project in conjunction with the theater group and community stakeholders. It was agreed that the group will […]