Adopt A Drain Friday
As Champaign-Urbana celebrates PrideFest and our friends and neighbors in the LGBTQ+ community, we also invite you to show pride in your neighborhood by Adopting a Drain. This week’s drain is named Skylar and they are located at 1008 Foothill Drive in Lincolnshire Subdivision. Skylar loves participating in all the events Pridefest has to offer […]
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 […]
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 […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for our Adopt A Drain volunteers and the work they do to keep the City’s drains clear of debris. If you haven’t signed up for the Adopt A Drain program yet, you still can. Thousands of drains are available to adopt in our community! One such drain is named […]
Adopt A Drain Friday
It’s Adopt A Drain Friday and in this edition, we are featuring Ty, a drain in the Trails at Abbey Fields at 1512 English Oak Drive. Ty is one of 8,461 drains available for adoption in Champaign. He is a little goofy, has a lot of high energy, and a talented wood worker. It only […]