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Electronics Recycling Registration Opens on Monday, September 2

Submitted by CourtneyR on August 28, 2024 - 10:12am
Date: 
September 2, 2024 - 8:00am to September 27, 2024 - 5:00pm

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

Submitted by BridgetB on August 26, 2024 - 10:50am

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.

U-Cycle Labor Day Holiday Schedule

Submitted by CourtneyR on August 26, 2024 - 10:34am
Date: 
September 2, 2024 - 7:00am to September 7, 2024 - 5:00pm
Due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 2, 2024, all U-Cycle route collections will be delayed by one day. For example, the Monday U-Cycle route day will be collected on Tuesday, the Tuesday U-Cycle route day will be collected on Wednesday, and so forth for the remainder of the week. Please continue to set recycling curbside before 7:00 a.m. to ensure collection.
Questions may be directed to U-Cycle at 217-384-2302
 

The Imagine Urbana Plan is Ready for Your Review

Submitted by BridgetB on August 19, 2024 - 4:17pm

After hearing from you through our ImagineUrbana.com website, SMS survey, neighborhood and community events, and ward activities, a draft of our new comprehensive plan, Imagine Urbana, is ready for YOU to tell us if we got it right.

To review the online Imagine Urbana draft and make comments go here.

Copies of the Imagine Urbana draft are also available at The Urbana Free Library and the City of Urbana Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 200 South Vine Street, or by emailing ImagineUrbana@urbanaillinois.us for a PDF copy.