The City of Urbana will be introducing a new type of sign to the landscape of the ever-growing Philo and Windsor developments: an electronic message board with business advertisements changing every 10 seconds. The sign, …
Urbana Alderman Charlie Smyth introduced an ordinance last night — to a packed council chamber — that would ban cell phone usage while driving in Urbana. After much discussion and public input, the council opted …
Over the past eight months, Urbana’s Public Arts Task Force (encompassing seventeen local working artists), with the support of Urbana’s Art Coordinator, Anna Hochhalter, have developed a Public Arts Program for Urbana. In order to …
Attention all Insight customers in Champaign County: you can say goodbye to your Insight prices. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, bought out the other half of their partnership with Insight Communications and has fully …
Urbana City Council passed a resolution last night to join an intergovernmental agreement to fight against AmerenIP’s rate hike. The council voted to revise the budget to include funds to protest in front of the …
Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing delivered a report at last night’s Urbana City Council meeting, outlining a potential future increase in utility rates for Champaign County residents unless efforts from area cities to fight the rate …
Coffee drinkers: Perk up your ears. Beloved Urbana coffeehouse and hipster study spot, Caffe Paradiso, changed ownership over the weekend. Café co-founder and owner Melissa Fanella had been looking to sell the business for the …
After weeks of keeping their new location under wraps, today Common Ground Food Co-op officially announces the site of their expanded store: Lincoln Square Village. The co-op didn’t initially look at the former site of …
Since opening its doors in 1958, local retailer Art Mart has been an integral and important part of the economic and cultural fabric in downtown Urbana. The store, which is located in Lincoln Square Village, …
