America Recycles Day @ Boneyard Creek on Saturday, October 26
Please join in on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to Noon to pick up litter for America Recycles Day @ Boneyard Creek. This event will be hosted by City staff and members of Keep Champaign Beautiful. A free pizza lunch will be provided immediately following the cleanup. For planning purposes, it is requested that […]
Litter Cleanup a Success!
The City’s America Recycles Day @ Boneyard Creek cleanup event was held for the third time the morning of October 29. There were 34 volunteers, including groups from Uni High TREE Club and West Haven Neighborhood Watch, who helped make this event a huge success. With the help of our volunteers, we were able to […]
America Recycles Day at Boneyard Creek – October 29, 2022
Please join in on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 10 a.m. to Noon to pick up litter for America Recycles Day @ Boneyard Creek. This event will be hosted by City staff and members of Keep Champaign Beautiful. A free pizza lunch will be provided immediately following the clean-up. For planning purposes, it is requested […]
North Prospect Cleanup a Success!
Keep Champaign Beautiful coordinated another cleanup in two areas of town on May 4, 2022. The first location was along Boardwalk, south of Interstate Drive. The second was further down Interstate Drive between Neil & Prospect. Approximately ten volunteers participated in the cleanup, including five volunteers from Meijer. Public Works also assisted with the effort. […]
Neighborhood Services Supports Earth Day Cleanup Event on Campus
Neighborhood Services Supports Earth Day Cleanup Event on Campus On April 22, 2022, the Neighborhood Services Department assisted Armory House students with their Earth Day Cleanup event. The students were motivated to host a cleanup event after hearing about the Keep Champaign Beautiful North Prospect clean up, on Boneyard Creek Community Day. Neighborhood Ambassador Supervisor […]
North Prospect Cleanup
Keep Champaign Beautiful coordinated a cleanup along Interstate Drive on April 9, 2022, in conjunction with the Boneyard Creek Community Day cleanup event. Approximately 20 volunteers participated in the cleanup including volunteers from the Meijer store and the Ashland Park neighborhood. Public Works also assisted the effort. Approximately 50 bags of litter were collected. The […]
City Partners with Farnsworth Group in Boneyard Creek Cleanup
On April 3, 2022, Keep Champaign Beautiful, the Neighborhood Services Department, Farnsworth Group staff, and community volunteers worked together to cleanup a portion of the Boneyard Creek at Bristol Place. Fifteen volunteers worked three hours and collected 50 bags of debris. Keep Champaign Beautiful is also hosting a cleanup event for the North Prospect business […]
City of Champaign Earns Keep America Beautiful President’s Circle Award Recognition
Keep Champaign Beautiful Program Recognized for Standard of Excellence The City of Champaign has been recognized with the 2018 President’s Circle Award by Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s prestigious community improvement organization. The City received this honor at Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference February 6 – 8, 2019. The President’s Circle Award recognizes Keep Champaign […]
2018 Litter Index Shows Improvement
The City of Champaign became a Keep America Beautiful Affiliate in 2015. Keep America Beautiful is a leading national non-profit organization which envisions a country where every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live. Keep America Beautiful Certification is a key action of the Champaign Growing Greener Plan and supports the City […]
Keep Champaign Beautiful Sponsors Monarch Summer Event
Keep Champaign Beautiful was a sponsor of the Champaign Park District’s Monarch Summer event held on Sunday, July 9. The event was designed to educate participants on the importance of pollinators in the environment and demonstrate ways they can assist in sustaining the pollinator population. There were about 250 people in attendance. The event began […]