The public is invited and encouraged to attend a free Digital Divide Resource and Information Fair on Monday, October 22, 2012, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Douglass Branch Library (504 E Grove Street, Champaign). The resource fair is a free open house event to educate residents about the public computing resources and services…
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Champaign Police Chief Anthony Cobb attended the International Chiefs of Police Annual Conference in San Diego, California September 29 through October 3. The Annual Conference provides top-notch education on the most pressing law enforcement topics of the day along with an opportunity to learn, network and problem solving. The Conference featured renowned keynote speakers, forums…
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Starting Monday, October 15, 2012, the Canadian National/Illinois Central Railroad will CLOSE Country Fair Drive to remove and replace the rough crossing located between Church Street and Springer Drive. The crossing replacement work is expected to be completed and Country Fair Drive reopened on Friday, October 19, 2012. The work consists of removing the current…
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The City of Champaign will honor Mr. Lum Rose, Sr. by dedicating a portion of Sixth Street, between Washington Street and Grove Street, as Honorary Lum Rose Way. The honorary street signs will be unveiled on Friday, October 19, 2012, at 1 p.m. during a ceremony at the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Washington…
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The household hazardous waste event was a great success! The City of Champaign collaborated with the City of Urbana, Champaign County, Village of Savoy, and the Illinois EPA to host a household hazardous waste collection event on September 29. The event had great attendance with 1,555 vehicles that brought hazardous waste from 2,293 households. Items…
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A total of 316 service requests from citizens and City staff were recorded during September 2012 in the Public Works’ Department. This was a decrease of 400 requests (-56%) from the previous month’s count of 716. The chart below tracks the number of requests recorded each day by staff. Calmer weather in September was the…
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In order to repair a water main, Illinois American Water has closed one southbound lane of Neil Street at Eureka Street. The lane closure began on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 and will reopen by Friday, October 12, 2012. Southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane in the area. All efforts will be made to…
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A&R Services continues to work on the streetscape along the front of the City Building. Last week, they successfully replaced an old sanitary sewer service that crossed the work area. The line was badly deteriorated, and it was fortunate that we were able to replace it before the new sidewalk was poured. The contractor has…
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Last week, we were able to construct approximately 2255 LF of Fourth Street before the rains stopped the paving operations. Stark Excavating was able to complete the final 1790 LF of the southbound lane of Fourth Street on Tuesday. Stark Excavating will now begin working on connecting the Fourth Street pavement to St. Mary’s Road….
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The Neighborhood Services Department recently completed the Annual Neighborhood Cleanup. The event was held on the weekends of September 15th and September 22nd. Residents in low to moderate income neighborhoods were provided with vouchers that they could use to dispose of unwanted household items free of charge at the local Allied Waste transfer station. A…
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