The Fall 2024 Leaf Collection will occur the following three weeks on your U-Cycle collection day:
To ensure collection please place all leaves and non-woody plant material curbside in paper lawn & garden bags.
We will NOT accept these materials:
Urbana's Night Market at the Square!
Urbana Arts & Culture and Urbana's Market at the Square are partnering up for a vibrant, unique evening experience in Downtown Urbana on Thursday nights for a limited time during late summer. Join us at the Lincoln Square Mall parking lot at the farmers market location! There will be food trucks, art/maker vendors, live painting, and live music performances from local and regional bands. Unwind, bring chairs, blankets, grab dinner, shop local, and enjoy live music!
The Night Market runs from 6-9 p.m. *Show starts at 7 p.m.
Music Line-up
9/5: Samba Soul
9/12: Panc8s
9/19: Bourema Ouedraogo and Jason Finkelman
9/26: Rory Book & the Volumes
10/3: Forebeat
10/10: The Slaps
Come and enjoy a free cup of delicious BakeLab coffee, delectible cookies from Baldarotta's, or sip some Cloud Mountian Kombucha with the City of Urbana Mayor, Diane Wolfe Marlin from 9 to 11 a.m., September 17, 2024, at City Hall 400 South Vine Street, in beautiful Downtown Urbana. We'll be in the Fire Bay, so please join us!
Registration for the upcoming countywide electronics recycling collection event opens on Monday, September 2, 2024. The event will be held on Saturday, October 12. To register online and get information about electronics accepted at the event, please visit https://ecycle.simplybook.me/
To register by phone, call U-Cycle at (217) 384-2302. Please note that U-Cycle will be off on Monday, September 2, but will be in the office on Tuesday, September 3, to answer calls.
The Sustaining Urbana Neighborhoods (SUN) grant program promotes community-based activities in support of the City’s goals for climate resiliency and sustainability.
The SUN program provides funding to support programs, services, or small-scale improvement projects that further one or more of the following:
Promotes healthy, sustainable, community living
Fosters creativity and collaboration to enhance climate resiliency
Includes diverse, multi-generational Urbana residents in the process of creating climate related actions and strategies
The targeted grant amount is $10,000 per project. The city will accept applications for larger projects on a case-by-case basis. The total grant program funding is $100,000.
