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Champaign’s favorite greasy spoon turned French crepery has closed its doors for good. Sad to see one of C-U’s best restaurants go. It will be missed. Read Matt Gladney’s post mortem here.

It’s a ranking by percent of residents who commute by bike, so (as admitted in the post) it’s dominated by college towns. Noted cycling mecca Missoula, Montana, is #3. But hey, #14 in the country …

See full story here. In other corporate good works news, a Harrisburg PA Jimmy John’s will be offering sandwiches as part of an event to raise money for the local Humane Society.

Last week, C-U Citizen Access‘ Pam Dempsey and Hannah Meisel posted a series of articles on local hunger issues: “Food insecurity grows in East Central Illinois,” by Dempsey Of the food insecure population statewide, 60 …

An interesting back and forth with Geppetto’s Workshop owners Darwin Keup and Ben Valocchi about the local DIY music scene. Atta boy, Ben.  

You may have noticed that the Ellnora Guitar Festival has been dropping some pretty awesome additions in the past few weeks — My Brightest Diamond, Lee Ranaldo, Calexico, etcetera. Now they’ve released a full lineup …

Invenergy, a renewable energy company from Chicagoland, has plans to create a wind farm that spans over Champaign and neighboring Vermilion counties. Most of the turbines would be in Vermilion county, but at least 30 …

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