Habitat for Humanity held a dedication ceremony on May 3, 2012 for the Arica Moss home at 506 E. Beardsley. The University of Illinois Habitat Student Chapter constructed the home for the Arica Moss family. This build is the second of three Habitat homes constructed using City of Champaign Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds. This was…
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Address Cost of Construction Date Issued Owner or Developer / Business 3515 N. Staley Road $1,101,141.00 05/03/12 The Andersons Agriservices/New Elevator Truck Dump Building 3601 S. Staley Road $409,000.00 05/07/12 First Christian Church/Alteration
Boneyard Creek projects received an award Friday May 4, 2012 at the American Public Works Association (APWA), Illinois Chapter Annual Meeting in Peoria. The Boneyard Creek Second Street Detention Project and associated Logan Street Storm Sewer Improvements Project were jointly awarded the Public Works Project of the Year 2012 in the category of Environment, $10…
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A total of 260 service requests from citizens and City staff were recorded during April 2012 in the Public Works’ Dispatch Office. This was a decrease of 17 requests (6%) from the previous month’s count of 277. The chart below tracks the number of requests recorded each day by staff. On April 16, the Public…
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012, The City of Champaign held a dedication ceremony for Honorary Catherine Hogue Way. The new honorary street is located on East Park Street, between Second Street and Third Street. Ms. Hogue was best known for being a community activist and longtime member of the Champaign County Board.
On May 2, 2012, the Public Works Operations Division put a new piece of equipment into service to help battle the war on potholes – the Leeboy RA-400 spray injection patch truck. This unit uses a spray injection method to patch potholes and requires only one operator to utilize an extendable arm that prepares and…
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Yesterday, Champaign police arrested a suspect in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on May 6, 2012, at the Illini Arcade. Nick Thurman, 37, was arrested at a residence in Fisher after police received multiple Crime Stoppers tips. On May 6th, officers were dispatched to Illini Arcade at approximately 8:49 p.m. after the suspect…
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On May 9, 2012, at approximately 3:28 p.m., Champaign police officers responded to a motor vehicle versus pedestrian accident in the parking lot of Market Place Mall. At the scene, officers encountered an injured woman, Eugenia M. Crites, 64, of Rantoul, lying in the mall’s parking lot. A 13 year-old teen, the driver of the…
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The City of Champaign Neighborhood Code Compliance Staff will be increasing enforcement in the campus area during the May move-out period in an attempt to keep trash and debris from spreading throughout the community. Inspectors will be monitoring the campus area for large accumulations of trash and overflowing dumpsters for the next two weeks. Property…
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Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying an armed robbery suspect who took an undisclosed amount of cash from Illini Arcade on May 6, 2012, at approximately 8:49 p.m. Officers received information that a man entered the business, armed with a knife, and demanded money from a female employee. The suspect then ordered the…
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