The Neighborhood Services Department partnered with the Champaign Police and the Champaign Park District to host the 2013 National Night Out Celebration. The theme for this year’s event was “Own the Night, Own your Community”. This year, it was decided to revise the approach from previous years and give the Annual National Night Out Celebration…
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Cross Construction continues working on the infrastructure improvements to Market Street from Kenyon Drive to Olympian Drive. Cross Construction is currently working on the new PCC base course under Market St.; when completed, the deteriorating section of pavement will be replaced with new bituminous surface, as well as the sidewalk. At Olympian Drive, new street…
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On Thursday, August 22, 2013, at approximately 10 a.m., the South Fourth Street Extension from Saint Mary’s Road to Windsor Road will be opened to traffic. In addition, the new traffic signal at the intersection of Windsor Road and the South Fourth Street extension will be operational. The South Fourth Street Extension Project includes the…
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On Thursday, August 22, 2013, at approximately 10 a.m., the South Fourth Street Extension from Saint Mary’s Road to Windsor Road will be opened to traffic. In addition, the new traffic signal at the intersection of Windsor Road and the South Fourth Street extension will be operational. As Stark Excavating, Inc. continues to wrap up…
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The Champaign Police Department is currently investigating two cases of aggravated battery that occurred in the University of Illinois campus area, on August 20, 2013. The first incident occurred at 8:25 PM, in the 400 block of E. John Street. A 20-year-old female reported walking in the crosswalk, on the east side of Fourth Street,…
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The Champaign Police Department is releasing additional information on the N. Sixth Street and Bradley Avenue shooting investigation. The investigation has revealed the following preliminary information: On August 14, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Champaign police officer, Sgt. Geoffrey Coon, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle which had disobeyed a stop sign. It also should…
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In order to accommodate construction activity at 124 N. Neil Street, Wells and Wells Construction, Inc. will close one southbound lane of Neil Street between Church Street and University Avenue, starting on Monday, August 19, 2013. The contractor anticipates three to four weeks to complete the work, and the lane will be closed on and…
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In order to complete a large concrete pour at 217 N. Neil St. (Hyatt Place hotel), English Brothers will close Church Street between Neil Street and Randolph Street on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting. Through traffic will not be allowed in the area; however, customers to First Bank…
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As of August 13, the City has received $50,219.14 from the Illinois Comptrollers’ Office Local Debt Recovery (LDR) Program. As of that date, the total dollars by the LDR Program matched $179,741.14 due to the City. This is a match rate of 48% of all debt submitted by the City to the program to date,…
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The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the City of Champaign a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the City’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. The Certificate is the highest form of recognition for excellence in governmental…
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