Holiday Park Neighborhood Association Joins Registered Group Network
On Saturday, March 15, the Holiday Park Neighborhood Association hosted their first neighborhood group meeting. As a newly registered group, the NSD- Relations Division provided organizing support to neighborhood volunteers to engage households within their neighborhood. The neighborhood boundaries are John (N), Duncan (W), Kenwood (E), Kirby (S) and includes 975 households. The neighbors received […]
Neighborhood Engagement Winding Down
On Saturday, August 17, 2024, the Ashland Park HOA hosted their Neighborhood Resource Fair & Street Party. Staff from Neighborhood Services, Police, and Fire supported the event. Neighbors reported that the event was great fun, and they were glad to have the opportunity to connect with all the resource vendors who participated. On Thursday, August […]
Communiversity Action to Renew Engagement (C.A.R.E) Talks
On March 23, 2024, Community Relations Manager, Tracy Parsons attended the Communiversity Action to Renew Engagement (C.A.R.E) Talks at Virginia Theater. The event’s focus was to bring together campus and community through engagement in support of students in east-central Illinois. Members of the public and students were provided with an opportunity to connect, learn about […]
2024 Champaign Neighborhood Network Conference
Registration is now open for the 2024 Champaign Neighborhood Network Conference (CNNC), scheduled for Friday, May 17, from 8:00 am -5:00 pm at the I-Hotel and Conference Center. The CNNC conference is geared towards Champaign’s registered neighborhood group leaders, their respective neighbors, and any community members interested in neighborhood organizing and engagement efforts. Workshop presenters […]
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 […]
Pledge of Allegiance Remix
On May 5, 2023, Justice Victim Advocate, Jarrel Young (E&E) collaborated with Unit 4 Schools to premiere a new pledge of allegiance. Booker T. Washington STEM Academy students have been working with Jarrel to create a new school pledge that was remixed into a hip hop song. This project took place during the school’s Fab […]
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 […]