On September 18, 2012, the Neighborhood Services Department conducted a Healthy Neighborhoods Walking Tour highlighting over $16.5 million dollars of investment in affordable housing since 2000 in the Douglass Park Neighborhood. The tour focused on developments such as: Parkside to Oakwood Trace, Mansard Square to Taylor Thomas Subdivision, Burch Village Redevelopment to Douglass Square, Lot…
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Neighborhood Code Compliance Environmental Inspector Leslie Mitchell recently attained the designation LEED Green Associate credential. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is redefining the way we think about the places where we live, work and learn. As an internationally recognized mark of excellence, LEED provides building owners and operators with a framework for…
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The 2012 National Night Out Fun Day Celebration was held at the Bone Yard Creek Second Street Reach on Saturday, September 8. The event included participation by students from Lincolns Challenge Academy who presented the colors and sang the National Anthem. After the presentation of the colors, Councilmember Karen Foster kicked off the event with…
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Mark Watson, of Dreamworks Construction, will be conducting an “Open House” during the week of September 18th in conjunction with the Neighborhood Services planned Healthy Neighborhood Tour planned before the Council meeting on September 18th. Our Second Agreement with IHDA providing an additional grant amount of $220,300 has been signed and returned to IHDA for…
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The Neighborhood Programs Division is coordinating a Healthy Neighborhoods Walking Tour to highlight the near completion of the federal stimulus Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) in the Douglass Park Neighborhood. The tour will highlight how the stimulus funding complements the work of nearby partnership projects: Oakwood Trace Townhomes, Taylor Thomas Subdivision and Douglass Square (City-Housing Authority…
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This year’s National Night Out (NNO) Fun Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2012 from 12 pm – 5 pm at Boneyard Creek Second Street Reach (corner of 2nd Street and Springfield Avenue) in Champaign. National Night Out is a country-wide celebration that is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness,…
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to dedicate the new sidewalk installed on the north side of Paula Drive from Garden Hills Drive to Honeysuckle Lane. CDBG-R grant funds of approximately $200,000 were used to complete the improvements. The installation of the sidewalk was a neighborhood request as well as a goal of the Regional…
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The City of Champaign’s Neighborhood Services and Public Works Departments collaborated with local non-profit organizations and Campus Property Management, for a successful Second Annual August Move Out/Move In Recycle and Reuse Event on Monday, August 6, 2012. The goal was to collect reusable and recyclable items that would normally be discarded in or around dumpsters…
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Saturday, August 4 provided a full day of activities for the Beardsley Park and Bristol Park residents at Human Kinetics, including a concert finale by local musician Mico Wave. Unfortunately, the area was under a heat advisory and this may have been a factor in the lower than anticipated attendance. However, great workshops, food, prizes…
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The City of Champaign Neighborhood Services Department, as leader of the CommUnity Matters team, submitted a grant proposal in March 2012 to the American Heart Association to provide funding for Operation Hope activities promoting heart health activities. The original request was for $5,000 and the CommUnity Matters team received notification on June 14 that the…
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