Shop and Buy Locally!
Submitted by BridgetB on November 18, 2019 - 1:56pm
Here’s what happens when you “shop locally" and support small business in Urbana:
Featured Stories
City Of Urbana Announces Three Finalists For Director of Public Works
Submitted by ElizabethD on November 15, 2019 - 9:25am
Urbana Supports Utilities United Against Scams
Submitted by BridgetB on November 14, 2019 - 3:12pm
In the last five years alone, more than 5,000 Ameren Illinois residential and business customers have been contacted by individuals who misrepresent themselves as employees of Ameren Illinois and demand that the customer pay their utility bill immediately. Other utilities have reported that similar scams are occuring to their customers, too. These scams have cost families and businesses across Illinois, including those in your community, more than $150,000.
Utility scammers are impersonating utility employees in hopes to scam you and take your money.
Know the red flags.
Did you get a call claiming your power will be disconnected if you don't make an immediate payment? This is an example of a utility scam! The City of Urbana is joining Ameren Illinois, and other utilities, to spread the word on how to protect yourself from utility scammers.
Recycling Tax Bill
Submitted by BridgetB on November 7, 2019 - 1:44pm*Important*
The U-Cycle tax bill that you receive in November 2019 will cover the remainder of 2019 (March 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019) before the City of Urbana transitions its recycling tax billing to the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District in January 2020. The recycling tax normally covers the time period for service rendered the year prior (so the bill you received March 1, 2019 covered the time frame from March 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019); however in order for the transition to take place the City will bill households for the remaining months of 2019.
Carle Park "Run" Featured on Visit Champaign County Website
Submitted by BridgetB on November 5, 2019 - 10:41am
Visit Champaign County staff member, Terri Reifsteck, makes weekly runs in various wonderful areas of Urbana-Champaign.
This week, she chose the Carle Park Run: Start out at the corner of Garfield and Indiana Avenues sign by Carle Park in Urbana.
The directions for this run are here: Go west and turn left on South Orchard Street. Run for one block and turn right on West Michigan Avenue. Go west until you hit Lincoln Avenue and turn right. Then, turn right back onto Indiana Avenue and jog until you get back to the Garfield and Indiana sign. You have completed a perfect mile!