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Mayor Prussing welcomes you to Urbana’s new website

Welcome to the City of Urbana’s new website.

35th Annual Urbana Sweetcorn Festival, August 27-28, 2010

It's about that time - Urbana's 35th Annual Sweetcorn Festival is just around the corner in downtown Urbana. The Festival gets underway in downtown Urbana on Friday, August 27 at 5 PM and goes until 11 PM that evening - look for fun water activities, local musical guests, fun for kids, food, drink, and shopping... and fresh sweetcorn, of course.

Walk Your Bike on Downtown Sidewalks

Now that summer is officially here, more people are riding their bicycles. The City encourages the use of bicycles as a logical alternative to the automobile to local amenities.

This Week's Market - July 31, 2010

Typical summer weather - partly-sunny skies, warm temperatures, and a tiny chance of rain - will be greeting shoppers this Saturday as they shop for the finest in-season, Illinois-grown produce and much, much more. This weekend's weather will be warm and quite sunny, with a small chance of rain in the forecast as of this writ

Beautiful Gardens Begin with a Bucket

Buy a 7-gallon bucket of compost for $10 at the Landscape Recycling Center and receive free refills through 12/31/10. 
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  • West Urbana Special Parking Permit Season Starts August 1st Beginning August 1, 2010 West Urbana residents may renew their special parking permits online or in person. – posted Jul, 28
  • Bicycle Friendly Community Ceremony The City of Urbana was named a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) by the League of American Bicyclists in May of 2010.  – posted Jul, 12
  • Downtown Plan Survey Now Online! As a part of our 2010 Downtown Plan Update, the City of Urbana is collecting feedback on different types of development through an image preference survey. – posted Jul, 06
  • Annual Budget for FY 2010-2011 Passed by Council The Urbana City Council passed the FY 2010-2011 Annual Budget at the June 21st, 2010 Council meeting. The fiscal year runs from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. – posted Jun, 28
  • Schedule of Fees for FY 2010-2011 The schedule of fees run from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The following fees are applicable for the respective licenses, permits, fines, and other fees required under the Code of Ordinances, City of Urbana, Illinois, or as otherwise established by law. City of – posted Jun, 25
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